title: Differences in alcohol brand consumption among underage youth by age, gender, and race/ethnicity - United States, 2012.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  No previous national study has reported the prevalence of alcohol brand consumption among underage youth by demographic characteristics. The aim of this study was to determine the alcohol brand preferences among underage drinkers in different demographic categories.
  
  
  METHODS
  We administered an online survey to a national sample of 1,031 underage youth, ages 13-20, who had consumed at least one drink of alcohol in the past 30 days. The sample was recruited from a previously established internet survey panel. The main outcome measure was the estimated 30-day consumption prevalence for each of 898 brands by age, gender, and race/ethnicity.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Two beer brands-Bud Light and Budweiser-are uniformly popular among underage drinkers, regardless of age, gender, or race/ethnicity. There are several hard liquor brands whose use increases markedly with age. Two flavored alcoholic beverages sharing the names of hard liquor brands-Smirnoff and Bacardi-are more popular with older youth. Some flavored alcoholic beverages are about twice as popular among female underage drinkers. There are 12 alcohol brands that are uniquely popular among Black underage drinkers, and these brands are heavily promoted in urban music.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There are differential patterns of brand-specific alcohol use among underage drinkers.
authors.affiliation: The Department of Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Siegel
authors.affiliation: The Department of Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Amanda J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Ayers
authors.affiliation: The Department of Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: DeJong
authors.affiliation: The Department of Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, The Section of General Internal Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Timothy S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Naimi
authors.affiliation: The Department of Health, Behavior, and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: David H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Jernigan
keywords: Alcohol; brand; youth