Alcoholism
Conditions
Brief summary
Impact of marketing of alcohol products on young people
Detailed description
Responsible for 3.3 million deaths worldwide, alcohol consumption causes diseases (liver cirrhosis, cancers, etc.) and social problems (injuries, road accidents, alcohol dependence, etc.). With one of the highest consumption rate in Europe, alcohol is the second cause of avoidable mortality in France after tobacco (49.000 alcohol attributable deaths in 2009) and its social cost is estimated to 120 billion euros. French teenage population is particularly associated with heavy drinking patterns: in 2014, 49% of 17-year olds declared heavy episodic drinking. In that regard, several measures are recommended by health actors to combat this issue: minimum unit pricing, sales ban to minor, low blood alcohol concentration for drivers, etc. A specific measure concerns alcohol advertising restrictions. Some countries implemented alcohol advertising regulation laws (Poland, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, etc.), including France with the Evin law passed in 1991. This French law mandates advertising (and packaging) content to strictly convey factual information and objective qualities of alcohol products and thus bans attractive ads based on image and lifestyle evocations (seduction, power, etc.). The objective of this research is to investigate whether statutory framework for alcohol advertising (e.g., Evin law) can effectively protect people against misleading, suggestive, and appealing content. Little research has been conducted on this topic in spite of WHO's recommendations (most research has explored the influence of exposure to ads but not the impact of content).
Interventions
DEVICEMRI
Subjects review alcohol ads in different contexts (neutral context vs positive context such as parties and sport) and answer with buttons lever while being in the MRI to express their desire to consume alcohol or not. Subjects will be exposed to 288 ads set up.
Questionnaire
Sponsors
Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Santé Publique (EHESP)
Rennes University Hospital
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
MALE
Age
18 Years to 25 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* volunteer males * aged 18-25 * right-handed * persons that consume alcohol : light drinkers or heavy drinkers (defined with the AUDIT scale, scores between 1 to 7) * written consent and agreement consent will be given * Affiliated to the French social insurance
Exclusion criteria
* color-blind persons * misuse of psychoactive products (except tobacco) (cannabis : no regular consumers -more than 10 times per month ; no users of other illicit drugs - even for occasional consumption) * non fluent french speaking persons (people who couldn't understand instructions or asked questions) * persons subject to major legal protection (safeguarding justice, guardianship, trusteeship), persons deprived of liberty Related to the MRI: * Cardiac pacemaker or implanted defibrillator * Cochlear implant * Peripheral or neuronal stimulator * Intra-ocular or brain metallic foreign bodies * Any other contraindications to MRI
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Changes in brain activation in areas involved in the control of reward and motivation when looking at neutral versus contextual ads | Month 1 | Significant change in cerebral activity (expressed as a significant variation in hemodynamic response BOLD) in the condition of alcohol ads with versus without context (party, sport, people) in areas involved in the control of reward and motivation (striatum dorsal, insula) |
Countries
France
Outcome results
None listed