The European Centre for Monitoring Alcohol Marketing have a report, Alcohol advertising in new media, looking at the development of online advertising and how it impacts on young adults (16-24 years old).
They conclude:
The amount of alcohol marketing on the internet and other new media is increasing. This trend report shows that advertisers utilize the possibilities of creating interactive
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links for 2009-12-03.
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Unrealistic optimism prompts risky behavior.
Via Eureka Alert here’s some research about college age drinkers and how an optimistic outlook on risk can increase the potential for harm. The researchers argue:
In this study, many college students were unrealistically optimistic about the likelihood they would experience alcohol-related problems in the future. We found that this unrealistic optimism was positively associated with
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Seminar on Effective Drug Education – Panel Session.
There was a panel session following the four presenations where those at the seminar were able to make points and ask questions to those who had spoken.
I took along our video camera to record the session and although it isn’t exactly the highest of production values I thought the quality is good enough to share for those who are interested.
The first question was around how universal and
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