Alcohol Industry Targets Youth with Magazine Ads
A new study found that alcoholic beverages popular among youths are more likely to be advertised in magazines with high youth readership than alcoholic drinks consumed mainly by adults, resulting in disproportionately high youth exposure to such targeted alcohol ads.
Science Daily reports that researchers at the Boston University School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Virtual Media Resources who conducted the study (published in this month’s issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health) say their findings present the strongest evidence to date that alcohol companies are targeting youths through magazine advertising. Read more…
Effects of Alcohol on the Adolescent Brain
Drinking alcohol at a young age, while the brain is still forming, causes cognitive and structural damage which could be irreversible.
“Studies have proven that alcohol causes brain atrophy,” said Dr. Nicole Gorman, a pediatrician at Village Pediatrics in Westport. “The bottom line is that alcohol stops brain cells from growing.” Read more…
Alcohol Abuse Costs New Mexico $2.5 Billion Annually, Study Says
The economic costs of alcohol abuse in New Mexico topped $2.5 billion in 2006 — not to mention the nearly 1,000 lives lost to alcohol-related diseases, auto crashes, and other consequences – according to the New Mexico Department of Health. Read more…
thanks for the post.
from working in the field of recovey and being around this subject matter for years, I know most of this, and it is good to see it in studies.