The Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025 provide advice on limiting alcoholic beverages. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends screening for unhealthy alcohol use in primary care settings in adults 18 years or older, including pregnant persons, and providing persons engaged in risky or hazardous drinking with brief behavioral counseling interventions to reduce unhealthy alcohol use.
The Community Preventive Services Task Force (Community Guide) has published several findings around excessive alcohol consumption and substance use with recommendations that inform the interventions selected for inclusion on EBCCP.
- Community Interventions involving Coalitions or Partnerships to Prevent Substance Use among Youth
- Dram Shop Liability
- Electronic Screening and Brief Interventions (e-SBI)
- Enhanced Enforcement of Laws Prohibiting Sales to Minors
- Family-based Interventions to Prevent Substance Use Among Youth
- Increasing Alcohol Taxes
- Maintaining Limits on Days of Sale
- Maintaining Limits on Hours of Sale
- Regulation of Alcohol Outlet Density
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has an Alcohol and Cancer Risk fact sheet that helps answer common questions in plain language.
Additional evidence supporting this EBCCP program area can be found in the following reports: