News tagged with underage drinking
Tanked-up teens: Cheap alcohol strongly linked to harmful underage drinking in the UK
Oct 09, 2009 |
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Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Public Health studied the drinking habits of 9833 15-16 year olds in the North West of England, finding that excessively low cost alcohol products and illicit purchase are st ...
Underage drinking laws reduce fatal accidents, saving 732 lives per year
Apr 07, 2009 |
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State laws that prohibit people under the age of 21 from purchasing or possessing alcohol, and from driving with any alcohol in their system save 732 lives a year in the United States, according to a study released today ...
Pediatrics review of underage drinking prevention programs led by Iowa State researcher
Jun 25, 2008 |
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[Underage drinking is a national concern that led the U.S. surgeon general to issue a "Call to Action to Prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking" (http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/underagedrinking/) last year. Now, a new ...
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Study: Regulate alcohol marketing
May 02, 2006 |
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The U.S. alcohol industry snares too many underage drinkers and its marketing practices should be federally regulated, a Columbia University study concludes.
How multiple childhood maltreatments lead to greater adolescent binge drinking
Mar 03, 2009 |
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Researchers from Boston University found that multiple types of child maltreatment are robust risk factors for underage binge drinking based on a national multi-year study that explored the influence of social environment ...
Researchers find startling numbers of active-military personnel engaging in frequent binge drinking
Feb 12, 2009 |
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Binge drinking is common among active-duty military personnel and is strongly associated with many health and social problems, including problems with job performance and alcohol-impaired driving, according to a new study ...
Parental supervision during high school may curb college drinking problems
Mar 07, 2008 |
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Parental monitoring can reduce high-school drinking and, as a result, have a protective effect on students’ drinking at college, says research published this week in the online open access journal Substance Abuse Treatment, Pr ...
Zero tolerance alcohol policy good choice for parents
Jun 10, 2009 |
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Restaurants in Germany legally sell alcohol to teenagers after their sixteenth birthdays and French children drink wine with dinner at an early age, but U.S. parents who follow this relaxed European example, believing it ...
Alcohol advertising self-regulation not working, as ads target younger drinkers
Jun 09, 2009 |
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Addiction scientists are calling for tighter regulation of alcohol advertising, as new research shows that self-regulation by the alcohol industry does not protect impressionable children and youth from exposure.
Drinking alcohol before 15 years of age is risky for later alcohol problems
Sep 29, 2008 |
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It may seem like a minor point, but it matters when someone takes their first drink of alcohol relative to later development of alcohol problems. A new study of the relationship between age at first drink (AFD) and the risk ...
Heavy-drinking colleges showing no improvements
Sep 10, 2009 |
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U.S. colleges with the biggest student drinking problems have so far failed to turn the tide, according to a new study.
Alcohol advertising reaching too many teens on cable TV, researchers say
Aug 20, 2009 |
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A new study from the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth, in collaboration with UCLA, has found a striking correlation between teenage viewership and the frequency of alcohol advertising on cable television. The findings ...
Higher drinking age linked to less binge drinking... except in college students
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 22, 2009 |
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New research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has found substantial reductions in binge drinking since the national drinking age was set at 21 two decades ago, with one exception: college students. ...
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