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Middle-class parents warned against introducing children to alcohol at home as survey shows proportionally fewer poorer teens continue drinkingMiddle-class parents who introduce their children to alcohol with a glass of wine at family dinners will not protect them from fitting problem drinkers,campaigners contain warned, with a new study showing affluent teens were twice as likely to drink regularly than those from poorer backgrounds.approximately 70% of 15-year-olds from the least deprived backgrounds had tried alcohol, or compared with approximately half from the most deprived,according to a study of 120000 teens published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre. Continue reading...

Source: theguardian.com

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