Tioga County Listening Sessions

Use of Alcohol and Consequences of Alcohol Use

Questions are about underage alcohol consumption, consequences for underage drinking, availability of alcohol, attitudes towards alcohol, and community norms, all specific to Tioga County NY.

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* 1. Who is drinking alcohol? What ages?

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* 2. What Types of alcohol are underage drinkers consuming? Beer, wine, liquor, kegs, alco-pops?

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* 3. Where are underage drinkers drinking?

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* 4. When are they drinking? After school, at school, weekends, sporting events, other special occasion?

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* 5. How much are underage drinkers drinking when they consume alcohol?

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* 6. What are the consequences of underage drinking? Think of: Health? Financial? Educational? Legal? Professional? Employment?

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* 7. Are stores selling to minors?

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* 8. Are stores checking ID's?

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* 9. Are compliance checks done? What happens if a store fails?

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* 10. Are youth stealing alcohol from stores? If so, which ones?

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* 11. How do youth get alcohol if not from a store or other retailer?

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* 12. Who is providing alcohol to minors? Friends? Parents? Siblings? Strangers?

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* 13. Are youth standing outside of stores asking someone to buy alcohol for them? If so, Where?

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* 14. Are youth attending parties? If so, where?

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* 15. Are parents providing alcohol or just not monitoring thier alcohol?

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* 16. Do youth have access at family events? Community Events?

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* 17. Do youth feel they will get caught for underage drinking? By who? Parents? Law? School?

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* 18. Do you know the physical harm of drinking? Binge Drinking? (explain)

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* 19. What does monitoring look like for youth when they might be drinking? After school, evenings, weekends?

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* 20. What are parent attitudes toawrds drinking for themselves? For youth?

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* 21. Do parents see underage drinking as a rite of passage?

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* 22. Do parents talk with thier children about underage drinking? Do they provide clear standards about not drinking? Clear consequences?

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* 23. Do parents host parties and allow alcohol there? Do they provide the alcohol? Do they ignore the situation?

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* 24. What laws are in place related to underage drinking? Do youth know about these laws? Do they think the laws are enforced?

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* 25. What are the norms in the community related to alcohol?