Walking your sixth-grader’s forgotten lunch over to school, you breeze past several places of business. In the plaza very near to your child’s school there’s a salon, a coffee shop, a financial planner.
And there’s a bar. The bar’s name is advertised, but there are also several brands of beer advertised with neon signs in the front windows of the establishment. You walk on by, with...
Parents can have a significant influence on their children, especially when alcohol is involved. More than half of adults in Australia and 63 percent of those with a higher income level, believe that 15- to 17-year-olds should be allowed to consume alcohol as long as they are under parental supervision at home.
The latest MBF Healthwatch survey, summarized in a Science Daily release, surprised Bupa Australia Chief...
Watching television has long been an acceptable pastime for teenagers, as long as the content is age appropriate. Now, it seems the commercials played between programs may be causing some problems.
The L.A. Times recently posted an article suggesting teens are exposed to too many ads promoting alcohol on television. This concept was the conclusion of a new study from the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth.
The...
Parents can play a significant role in a youth’s likeliness of tobacco, alcohol and marijuana use. The first step in being a positive influence is to be aware of what their youth is doing on a daily basis, who they are hanging out with and where they are spending most of their time.
A report from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), Parent Awareness of Youth Use of Cigarettes, Alcohol and...
Drunk driving has been a problem plaguing law enforcement for decades, and men were usually the culprits. However, the gap between women and men is closing when it comes to driving drunk. A recent study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has shown that more and more women are being arrested for driving under the influence, while the number of male drunk drivers has declined. What has...
