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Teen drinking linked to watching R-rated movies

by Sharon Jayson, USA Today, 4/26/10

New Dartmouth Medical School research on 2,406 children shows that middle-schoolers who are forbidden to watch R-rated movies are less likely to start drinking than peers whose parents are more lenient about such films.

Researchers found that among those whose parents let them watch R-rated movies "all the time," almost a quarter had tried a drink without parents' knowledge. That compares with barely 3 percent who tried a drink among those who were "never allowed" to watch R-rated movies. See the full article here.

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