A recent CDC study found that 94 percent of 3,961 retailers in 329 communities nationally used point-of-purchase alcohol marketing. The CDC said in-store liquor marketing is of concern because 75 percent of teens shop at convenience stores or stores at gas stations.

The CDC warned that point-of-purchase alcohol marketing could lead to more underage drinking and drunk driving among teens.

According to the CDC, few guidelines exist for in-store alcohol marketing.

"Public-health agencies and policy makers should work with liquor-control boards to reduce point-of-purchase marketing that could promote risky or underage drinking," the CDC said.

Editor's note: The CDC press release is reprinted at www.jointogether.org/y/0,2521,562684,00.html.

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