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1.  Study Links Youth Smoking to Exposure to Movie Smokers
2.  New Summary Of Surveys Shows Underage Drinking Starts Before Adolescence
3.  The Alcohol Cost Calculator for Kids
4.  JUST THE FACTS
5.  Most Employed Substance Users Abuse Alcohol
6.  Changes on the Horizon for Treating Alcohol-Related Problems
7.  FREE:  The Surgeon General's Call to Action To Prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking 2007
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1.  Study Links Youth Smoking to Exposure to Movie Smokers

Young adults who watched the most movies depicting smoking were 77 percent more likely to have recently smoked and 86 percent more likely to become regular smokers compared to those who rarely watched such movies.
http://www.jointogether.org/news/research/summaries/2007/study-links-youth-smoking-to.html

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2.  New Summary Of Surveys Shows Underage Drinking Starts Before Adolescence

"A review of national and statewide surveys conducted over the last 15 years shows that among typical 4th graders, 10% have already had more than a sip of alcohol and 7% have had a drink in the past year. While the numbers are small in the fourth grade, the surveys show that the percent of children who have used alcohol increases with age, and doubles between grades four and six. The largest jump in rates occurs between grades five and six," according to John E. Donovan, Ph.D., an associate professor of psychiatry and epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He is author of the study, "Really Underage Drinkers: The Epidemiology of Children's Alcohol Use in the United States," published in the September issue of Prevention Science, a peer-reviewed journal of the Society for Prevention Research (SPR).
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/81214.php
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3.  The Alcohol Cost Calculator for Kids

Welcome to the Alcohol Cost Calculator for Kids, developed by Ensuring Solutions to Alcohol Problems. This easy-to-use tool is designed to help teachers, parents, lawmakers and child advocates calculate the toll serious alcohol problems are taking on their community.
http://www.alcoholcostcalculator.org/kids/
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4.  JUST THE FACTS:

• The total cost to society for alcohol and drug abuse is estimated to be $283.6 billion each year. Government bears an estimated 46 percent of this cost through enforcement, prosecution, incarceration, lost productivity and increased health care costs.
• In 2004, 54.1 percent of the total federal prison population was incarcerated because of drug-related crime.
• The cost of incarceration is estimated at $39,600 per year.
• Of the convicted inmates in the U.S. in 2002, 52.6 percent reported drug use during the month before the offense, and 28.8 percent reported being under the influence of drugs at the time of the offense.
• According to a recent Journal of the American Medical Association report, 92 percent of domestic abuse assailants reported use of alcohol or other drugs on the day of the assault.

5.  Most Employed Substance Users Abuse Alcohol

A new study by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration finds that more heavy alcohol users are employed full-time than illicit drug users. Employers can help ensure safe, healthy and productive work settings by being sure to incorporate alcohol screening and brief interventions into their drug-free workplace policies.
http://www.ensuringsolutions.org/media/media_show.htm?doc_id=510678&cat_id=1046
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6.  Changes on the Horizon for Treating Alcohol-Related Problems

A combination of new treatment options, effective approaches to screening and intervention, and changes in reimbursement practices promises to transform the way that health care deals with alcohol use disorders. These new approaches include screening and brief intervention (SBI), new medications for treating alcohol dependence, and new procedure codes.
http://www.ensuringsolutions.org/media/media_show.htm?doc_id=511002&cat_id=1046
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7.  FREE:  The Surgeon General's Call to Action To Prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking 2007

http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/underagedrinking/calltoaction.pdf
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A special thanks to Join Together Online(jointogether.org), Daily Dose and SAMSHA for bringing some of this information to us.

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