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Italian Teens Disdain Binge Drinking
October 6, 2004

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Research Summary

While teens in northern Europe regularly drink to excess, new research finds that the same doesn't hold true for adolescents in Italy, Reuters reported Oct. 5.

The research showed that only 7 percent of Italian young people aged 15 to 24 get drunk at least three times a week, compared with 36 percent in Denmark. Furthermore, the study found that Italian youngsters snub friends who drink too much.

"There are protective cultural factors in Italy," said Enrico Tempesta, a scientist at Italy's Permanent Observatory on Alcohol and Youth, a government-sponsored body that conducted the research. "Here, children and teenagers disapprove and tend to exclude from their circle a contemporary who gets drunk."

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