Teen Health!
Fewer Teenage Drinkers!
A report out today says fewer tanagers are drinking alcohol. Amongst the teenagers asked there’s been a 5% increase in the number of youths who say they don’t drink and a drop of 6% of teenagers who say they are “regular” drinkers. However, of those who do say they drink, one third drink enough to be classed as “excess” and 50% of those admit to becoming violent as a result. Prof. Mark Bellis of the Centre for Public Health said “It is very
positive that we have seen such a dramatic drop in kids buying their own alcohol. But better regulation of under-age sales now needs to be matched by a culture change that will stop those children from wanting to buy alcohol in the first place, and that's something we're still not seeing."
26/06/07
