Friday, October 02, 2009

Alcohol marketing and teen drinking

The finding from a study of the relationship between alcohol advertising and adolescent alcohol use:
Based on the consistency of findings across the studies, the confounders controlled for, the dose response relationships, as well as the theoretical plausibility and experimental findings regarding the impact of media exposure and commercial communications, it can be concluded from the studies reviewed that alcohol marketing increases the likelihood that adolescents will start to use alcohol, and to drink more if they are already using alcohol.



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