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ST. LOUIS, Sept. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Anheuser-Busch is continuing its commitment to preventing underage drinking by supporting the federal government's "We Don't Serve Teens" campaign. Initiated in 2006, "We Don't Serve Teens" provides parents, neighborhoods, business community, and service organizations with tips and information to limit teen access to alcohol. This year's campaign runs throughout September. As part of its efforts, Anheuser-Busch donates ad space in national publications,...

U.S. colleges with the biggest student drinking problems have so far failed to turn the tide, according to a new study.The research, published in the September issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, found that at 18 heavy-drinking U.S. campuses, students' alcohol habits showed little change over a dozen years. In 1993, 58 percent of students reported binge drinking in the past two weeks; in 2005, 56 percent said the same. And although 28 percent of students in 1993 said they...

British doctors said on Tuesday that a complete ban on alcohol advertising should be imposed and a minimum drink price set to help deter excessive drinking in Britain, Reuters reported.Curtailment of the industry's $1.3 billion annual promotional budget should also cover sponsorship of sports and arts events, according to the British Medical Association (BMA). The BMA called for alcoholic drinks to be taxed higher than the rate of inflation, and for licensing hours to be scaled back.The...

Rates of binge drinking were 37 percent lower among eighth-grade students in communities in seven states that used a prevention system designed to reduce drug use and delinquent behavior compared to teenagers in communities that did not use the system.Eighth graders in the towns that offered the Communities That Care prevention system also had significantly lower levels of alcohol and smokeless tobacco use and engaged in fewer delinquent behaviors, according to a new University of Washington...

Typical college bars surround universities across the nation, catering to a student's low bank account with nightly drink specials. A new study reveals lower alcohol prices lead to higher intoxication levels among students.College drinking affects more than student's GPA. Fighting, drunk driving, sexual victimization, injury and even death can result from college-aged binge drinking. Just under 2,000 college students between the ages of 18 and 24 die each year from alcohol-related injuries,...

About 12 percent of binge drinkers say they drove during or within two hours of their most recent binge drinking episode, U.S. researchers found. Dr. Timothy S. Naimi and colleagues at the National Centers for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta analyzed data from 14,085 adults from 13 states in 2003 and 14 states in 2004 as part of the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey. For the purposes of the study,...

One in ten binge drinkers admit to getting behind the wheel of a car within two hours of having a drink, according to a new study.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study looked at 14,000 people classified as "binge drinkers". Each of these people admitted to drinking five or more alcoholic beverages in a single sitting.Researchers found that about 12 percent of participants admitted to driving a vehicle within two hours of drinking heavily.Half of the 12 percent said they drove...

Liquor is the common alcoholic drink consumed by Georgia high school students and most drank it in another person's home, U.S. health officials said. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report said the study of Georgia high school students found that particularly among binge drinkers, most students drink in another person's home and obtain alcohol from someone else. The researchers analyzed 2007 Youth Risk Behavior Survey data from 2,465 Georgia...

A new study from the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth, in collaboration with UCLA, has found a striking correlation between teenage viewership and the frequency of alcohol advertising on cable television. The findings show that ads for beer, spirits and "alcopop" aired much more frequently when more teens were watching.While previous studies have shown that the average adolescent is exposed to well over 200 alcohol ads on television each year, this is the first to demonstrate...

Binge drinking is not just a problem among teens and young adults. Many older adults overindulge in alcohol as well, according to a new study published Monday.Duke University researchers analyzed data from a government survey of nearly 11,000 Americans age 50 and older, and found that 23 percent of men and 9 percent of women between the ages of 50 and 64 reported having binged on alcohol during the previous month.For the purposes of the study, binging was defined as having consumed five or...