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Forty-five hundred teenagers die each year in the United States from excessive alcohol consumption. There is a correlation between the amount of exposure to alcohol advertising and underage drinking. Parents should assume their teens are exposed to alcohol ads, both print and television, and should make it a point to remind them about the dangers of drinking.
Date Released: 8/31/2007 Running time: 0:59 Author: MMWR Series Name: A Minute of Health with CDC
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A MINUTE OF HEALTH WITH CDC
Alcohol Ads Sway Teens?
Youth Exposure to Alcohol Advertising in Magazines –
United
States, 2001-2005
August 31, 2007
This program is presented by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
CDC – safer,
healthier people.
Underage drinking contributes to the deaths of five thousand teenagers in
the
United States each year. In fact, alcohol contributes to the leading causes
of teen
deaths: homicide, suicide, and unintentional injuries. There is a correlation
between the amount of exposure to alcohol advertising and underage drinking.
A
recent Georgetown University study that reviewed alcohol advertising, suggests
that parents should assume their teens are exposed to alcohol ads, both print
and television. Parents should make it a point to talk to their teenagers
regularly
about the dangers of drinking.
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