Ingredients of an alcohol policy

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Responsible Hospitality
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Summary

• Hospitality industry in context
• Strategies around responsible hospitality
• Harm reduction measures
• Policy considerations
• Policy options

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Hospitality industry in context

• Drinking location and its drinking patterns and
  outcomes (positive and negative)
• Urban areas and late-night activities in bars,
  pubs and clubs
• Drinking patterns (binge drinking, intoxication)
• Outcomes of drinking (noise, crime, disorder,
  injuries, accidents)

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Strategies around responsible hospitality

• Policies to control the availability
• Social education to redefine norms on individual
  behaviour
• Encouragement for businesses to modify marketing
  and other practices
• Policies that address the service of alcohol

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Harm reduction measures (1)

• Licensing hours
• Training of personnel (servers, security
  personnel)
• Product quality
• Safety concerns, e.g.
• Removal of potentially harmful objects
• Smart coasters with advice ensuring safety
• Encouraging entertainment (games, music)
• Limiting the number of guests

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Harm reduction measures (2)

• Management and design practices, e.g.
• Cleanliness and maintenance of premises
• Clearly displayed conditions of entry, codes of
  dress
• Adequate quality of ventilation
• Sufficient but subtle lightning and noise level
• Crowd control and adequate security measures
• Ensuring a mix of patrons by age and gender
• Availability of food and non-alcoholic drinks
• Limiting specials, such as happy hours and
  novelty events

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Policy considerations

• Challenge in balance of commercial and social
  freedoms, and safety and well-beings
• Partnerships between those responsible for
  selling, serving, enforcing and community
  through
• Modifying the environment
• Education of stakeholders

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Policy options

• Framework (voluntary or mandated)
• Implementation (partnership and coordination)
• Special considerations
• Management and design
• Training of personnel
• Licensing hours
• Designated driver
• Safety measures
• Product quality