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Tue 05 May 2009Young influenced by parental drinking habits - study
ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION among young people is strongly influenced by parental drinking habits, research conducted on behalf of the Aislinn drug treatment centre has concluded.
Of the 1,000 people aged 15-plus surveyed, 82 per cent said that young people under the legal drinking age can be prompted to try and regularly use alcohol from watching the drinking habits of their parents.
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