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Use of Alcohol Among High School Students in Lesotho—a health promotion perspective
Author(s) -
AMOS AMANDA
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
british journal of addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0952-0481
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1989.tb03925.x
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , alcohol consumption , health promotion , promotion (chess) , alcohol industry , public relations , public health , consumption (sociology) , wish , political science , psychology , economic growth , focus (optics) , environmental health , business , alcohol , medical education , marketing , sociology , medicine , advertising , nursing , social science , economics , computer science , law , artificial intelligence , chemistry , biochemistry , politics , anthropology , optics , physics
Summary A recently published article on alcohol use among young people in Lesotho highlighted an important public health issue—the changing pattern of alcohol consumption in many Third World countries. In this commentary I wish to consider some of the factors which might be contributing to this growing problem and some of the steps that need to be taken to address this issue. In particular I will focus on the role of the alcohol industry and the tactics used to create and develop new markets.