Study finds youths access alcohol brand sites online
A Georgetown University study indicates underage visitors accounted for about 13 percent of traffic to 55 alcohol brand sites from July to December, with many engaging in games and downloads while marketed to youths. The report cites Bacardi and Anheuser Busch sites as top targets and notes parental controls are inconsistently effective.
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Frank Coleman
Distilled Spirits Council
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Federal Trade Commission
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Teens who pledge abstinence show similar STD rates to nonpledgers
A study of 12 000 adolescents finds virginity pledges do not reduce STD risk overall. Virginit y pledgers delay sex and marry earlier but use condoms less, leaving STD rates statistically equal to nonpledgers across white black Asian and Hispanic groups.
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Peter Bearman
Columbia University
Department of Sociology
Hannah Bruckner
Yale
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
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Dorothy Mann
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