More than a third of parents plan to provide 16 and 17-year-olds with drink for summer breaks, it was disclosed. Of those, around half said they would buy sons or daughters five or more bottles of wine or spirits – well above the recommended weekly alcohol intake for adults. The disclosure, in a study by the charity Drinkaware, comes amid warnings over the dangers to teenagers celebrating the end of this summer’s GCSE and A-level examinations. ... read more >>
Posts Tagged ‘teenagers’
Parents warned over exam binge drinking
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
Richard Madeley in Twitter tirade at ‘rich kid’ litter louts
Thursday, May 27th, 2010
The 54-year-old presenter posted furious comments on Twitter after catching a group of teenagers in a Bentley repeatedly leaving cigarette ends and beer cans near his house in north London. He cleaned up the debris after the group had left, but lost his temper after catching the same party the following day. The presenter cleared up the rubbish with a black bin liner and the help of his daughter, Chloe. ... read more >>
The 54-year-old presenter posted furious comments on Twitter after catching a group of teenagers in a Bentley repeatedly leaving cigarette ends and beer cans near his house in north London. He cleaned up the debris after the group had left, but lost his temper after catching the same party the following day. The presenter cleared up the rubbish with a black bin liner and the help of his daughter, Chloe. ... read more >>
Tobacco Rule Proposed in ’95 to Go Into Effect
Friday, March 19th, 2010
Fifteen years after the Food and Drug Administration first proposed banning the sale and marketing of tobacco products to teenagers, top government officials announced Thursday that they would finally put the rule into effect. The rule was hugely controversial when first proposed in 1995 and was never adopted by the agency because of a Supreme Court ruling that legislation was needed to empower the F.D.A. to regulate tobacco products. That legislation was passed and signed by President Obama last June. The rule goes into effect on June 22. ... read more >>
Fifteen years after the Food and Drug Administration first proposed banning the sale and marketing of tobacco products to teenagers, top government officials announced Thursday that they would finally put the rule into effect. The rule was hugely controversial when first proposed in 1995 and was never adopted by the agency because of a Supreme Court ruling that legislation was needed to empower the F.D.A. to regulate tobacco products. That legislation was passed and signed by President Obama last June. The rule goes into effect on June 22. ... read more >>
After feminism: what are girls supposed to do?
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
Abbi Marper is too shy to speak above a whisper, but she wants to be a policewoman or a nurse. Her friend Becky Billing is studying to be a plumber. Charlotte Wilson, the most chatty of the group, is having a problem narrowing her options. “I want to be a firefighter, but I also want to be a paramedic and a midwife,” she says. “The trouble is, there’s just too much choice.” ... read more >>
Abbi Marper is too shy to speak above a whisper, but she wants to be a policewoman or a nurse. Her friend Becky Billing is studying to be a plumber. Charlotte Wilson, the most chatty of the group, is having a problem narrowing her options. “I want to be a firefighter, but I also want to be a paramedic and a midwife,” she says. “The trouble is, there’s just too much choice.” ... read more >>
Under the Influence of…Music?
Monday, January 18th, 2010
Teenagers listen to an average of nearly 2.5 hours of music per day. Guess what they’re hearing about? One in three popular songs contains explicit references to drug or alcohol use, according to a new report in The Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. That means kids are receiving about 35 references to substance abuse for every hour of music they listen to, the authors determined. ... read more >>
Teenagers listen to an average of nearly 2.5 hours of music per day. Guess what they’re hearing about? One in three popular songs contains explicit references to drug or alcohol use, according to a new report in The Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. That means kids are receiving about 35 references to substance abuse for every hour of music they listen to, the authors determined. ... read more >>
Setting down their cigarettes, teenagers take up the hookah
Friday, December 18th, 2009
Ryan Baucom, the co-owner of a downtown Sarasota nightspot that caters to the 18-25 crowd, has turned to an old custom to attract young customers. At The Box Social club, Baucom recently started renting out a hookah. Business is so good he plans to buy another. “It’s becoming more and more popular,” he said. In higher numbers than those who frequently smoke cigarettes, teenagers are trying hookahs: water pipes from the Middle East that use coals to burn flavored tobacco. ... read more >>
Ryan Baucom, the co-owner of a downtown Sarasota nightspot that caters to the 18-25 crowd, has turned to an old custom to attract young customers. At The Box Social club, Baucom recently started renting out a hookah. Business is so good he plans to buy another. “It’s becoming more and more popular,” he said. In higher numbers than those who frequently smoke cigarettes, teenagers are trying hookahs: water pipes from the Middle East that use coals to burn flavored tobacco. ... read more >>
Dangers Of Smoking Displayed At Amway Arena
Thursday, December 17th, 2009
People got an ugly look at the dangers of smoking Monday. The group Tobacco Free Florida set up shop outside Amway Arena to tell fans not to smoke. They took pictures to show how they’d look in 20 years if they keep using cigarettes. Volunteers travel across Florida to spread their message.They play games and give out T-shirts, but said sometimes seeing is believing to get people to quit. ... read more >>
People got an ugly look at the dangers of smoking Monday. The group Tobacco Free Florida set up shop outside Amway Arena to tell fans not to smoke. They took pictures to show how they’d look in 20 years if they keep using cigarettes. Volunteers travel across Florida to spread their message.They play games and give out T-shirts, but said sometimes seeing is believing to get people to quit. ... read more >>
Guangzhou To Ban Tobacco Sales To Vulnerable Groups
Monday, October 19th, 2009
Guangzhou has prepared a tobacco control regulation which is pending approval by the city’s National People’s Congress standing committee. ... read more >>
Guangzhou has prepared a tobacco control regulation which is pending approval by the city’s National People’s Congress standing committee. ... read more >>
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