Study Recommends Ban or Regulation of Cheap Alcopops that Pose High Risk especially for Youth
Posted on May 08, 2019 in The Americas, United States of AmericaAccording to a new study led by George Mason University’s College of Health and Human Services (CHHS), it suggested that Four Loko is among the cheapest ready-to-consume alcoholic beverages available in the United States. Because of the connection between lower-alcohol prices and higher consumption and related harms, particularly among youth, this situation is a public health concern.
According to the researchers, it is urgently essential that the high alcohol-by-volume (abv) in these products be reduced, they are banned altogether, or their price is increased, so that young people can’t obtain a lethal dose of sugar-sweetened alcohol for $10…