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 * Science Summary**

It has been a huge debate for several years now and has caused a lot of problems. The question is if alcohol ads affect teen drinking. My personal opinion is if an alcohol company advertises there drink and makes it look like it taste good or even shows that its cool to drink it than its natural for a teen to desire that product. This study by John Hopkins University has found that underage drinkers are three times more likely to drink alcohol brands that advertise on television programs they watch compared to other alcohol brands. So this is supporting my opinion that alcohol advertising and adolescent drinking have a strong association. Alcohol is the number one drug among children and it is responsible for over four thousand deaths per year. So by this new found evidence that alcohol advertisement is associated with teen drinking, don’t you think that alcohol companies should stop advertising or find another way? To me, children’s lives are more important than money and spreading the popularity of your product. I would even say im a proponent of banning alcoholic advertisement in order to lower the amount of teens that die due to alcohol consumption every year.

References: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. "Brand-specific television alcohol ads a significant predictor of brand consumption among underage youth." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 29 July 2014. .

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140729141939.htm

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