title: The NASOROSSO (Rednose) project: an Italian study on alcohol consumption in recreational places.
abstract: The Nasorosso project of the Italian Youth Department and the National Institute of Health, aimed to raise awareness about drinking and driving under the influence of alcohol among club goers with a series of initiatives. Within the framework of the project, blood alcohol concentration (BAC) was measured on 106,406 individuals before and after clubbing in 66 different recreational sites from 11 Italian provinces, over 16 months. Participating individuals were interviewed regarding sociodemographic and environmental characteristics and alcohol intoxicated people were offered to be taken home. The BAC median at the club entry was 0.26 g/L with 65.3% subjects showing a BAC value under the driving legal limit of 0.5 g/L. At the exit from clubs, BAC median value rose to 0.44 g/L and subjects with BAC value under the legal limit decreased to 54.9%. Being male, aged between 18 and 34 years with a diploma, being a drinker and entering the disco with a BAC already beyond the legal limit predicted a BAC value beyond 0.5 g/L at exit from the recreational place. Conversely, being a driver, being a student and exiting from the disco before 4 a.m. reduced the probability of having a BAC higher than 0.5 g/L at the end of the night. Health policies to prevent harmful use of alcohol in young people should continue to offer targeted information/ prevention; in order to steadily increase the awareness of the dangers and the damages of excessive use of alcohol.
authors.affiliation: Drug Abuse and Doping Unit, Department of Therapeutic Research and Medicines Evaluation Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma 00161, Italy. roberta.pacifici@iss.it
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pacifici
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pierantozzi
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Di Giovannandrea
authors.forename: Ilaria
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Palmi
authors.forename: Luisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mastrobattista
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mortali
authors.forename: Simona
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pichini
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology*; D001334:Automobile Driving; D001944:Breath Tests; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D000431:Ethanol / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol