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Children and Wine Coolers
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The Washington Post
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October 19, 1987
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Copyright informationCopyright 1987 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post. (Hide copyright information)
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Just in case worried parents needed something else to worry about
. . .
Two-thirds of all American children have used beer, wine or hard
liquor in the past year, and a third of them are current drinkers.
More than 91 percent of high school seniors have used alcohol at some
time in their lives (only 67 percent have smoked by then), and more
than 65 percent of seniors have consumed alcohol within the past
month.
Your children aren't teen-agers yet? Then try this: Two of
every five American youths have drunk wine coolers before their 13th
birthdays.
The findings are from a survey conducted last January by The
Weekly Reader in association with the National Council on Alcoholism.
The ...
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