Town Meeting Hon. Today we would like to express our concern about alcohol advertising and the effects it has on youth.
Alcohol is the number one drug used among young people.
Eight teenagers a day die due to alcohol-related accidents. About two-thirds of teenagers who drink say they can buy their own alcohol. It is said that one out of every 280 babies born today will die in an automobile accident that is alcohol related. Traffic accidents are the single greatest cause of death between the ages of 6 and 28. 56 percent of students in grades 5 through 12 say that alcohol advertising encourages them to drink.