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From Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs News:
A study of U.S. Marine Corps recruits conducted in San Diego adds further weight to previous findings that early-age drinking increases the risk of problem drinking later, MedPage Today reported Dec. 5.
The study looked at 41,482 male recruits and found that those who had begun drinking at age 13 or earlier were 5.5 times more likely to be engaging in risky drinking.
Other factors associated with risky drinking included engaging in smoking, coming from a rural or small-town community, enduring childhood sexual or emotional abuse, and experiencing alcohol abuse or mental illness in the household.
Study results were published in the December issue of the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.
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Posted on December 12, 2006 08:13 PM
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