Abstract

Alcoholism is one of the leading causes of majority of the health problems in the world. A lot of measures have been taken by the governments of the states all over India to curb the effects of alcoholism at large. Alcohol ban is one such measure. Objectives:To explore the opinion regarding the ban of alcohol sale among the adult population residing in urban area of Chennai and to measure the association between selected factors associated with the supporters of alcohol ban among the study population. Materials and methods: A community-based, cross-sectional study was carried out among the adult population residing in urban field practice area of ACS medical college (NERKUNDRAM) house-to-house survey was conducted, and pre-designed questionnaire was used as a study tool. Results: In our study we found that 68% of study population supported the ban of alcohol. Among these, 63.9% supported for a gradual ban of alcohol. Gender and alcohol status were the factors significantly associated with opinion on ban of alcohol and were statistically significant. Conclusion: Most of the population supported the ban of alcohol vindicated that the policy of alcohol ban is the felt need of the community.

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