title: Drinking as activity. An interactionist analysis.
abstract: Alcohol consumption in bars is studied not as a personal or cultural variable but as a social activity. The effect on alcohol consumption of bar staff and entertainers, bar policies, other patrons and the drinking setting is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D012931:Social Environment; D012932:Social Facilitation