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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2010, 7, 827-841; doi:10.3390/ijerph7030827 OPEN ACCESS International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ISSN 1660-4601 /journal/ijerph Article An Exploratory Approach to Analyzing Alcohol Control Policy Opinions Held by Ontario Adults Anca R. Ialomiteanu 1, Norman Giesbrecht 1,2,*, Edward M. Adlaf 1,2,3, Hyacinth Irving 1, Angela Paglia-Boak 1 and Jürgen Rehm 1,2,3,4 1 Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 33 Russell Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2S1, Canada; E-Mails: anca_ialomiteanu@ (A.R.I.); Edward_adlaf@ (E.M.A.); hm.irving@utoronto.ca (H.I.); angela_boak@ (A. P.-B.); jtrehm@ (J.R.) 2 Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, 155 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5T 3M7, Canada 3 Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, 250 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5T 1R8 Canada 4 Technische Universität, Dresden, Pressetelle 01062, Dresden, Germany * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail: norman_giesbrecht@; Tel.: +1 416-535-8501 ext. 6895; Fax +1-416-595-6899. Received: 31 December 2009 / Accepted: 2 March 2010 / Published: 8 March 2010 Abstract: Telephone interview data from a representative sample of 1,216 Ontario adults were analyzed using latent class analysis to determine whether distinct and homogeneous classes of individuals could be identified based o