Teens

A New Service Learning Program To Combat Teen Pregnancy And Increase Civic Engagement

December 6, 2007 -- Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Department of Youth and Community Development Commissioner Jeanne B. Mullgrav today announced the launch of Teen ACTION (Achieving Change Together In Our Neighborhoods), a new Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO) initiative aimed at reducing rates of teen pregnancy and other high-risk behavior among the City's low-income young adults.    » read more »

Lily Allen, Athlete and Supergrass artwork to appear on chip & PIN cards

LONDON, 30 October 2007 -- Selected EMI artists are coming together and offering young fans an alternative way to get their hands on their album covers – through chip and PIN cards.

In an exclusive and first of its kind deal with NatWest and EMI Music UK & Ireland, label artists including Lily Allen, Athlete, The Thrills and Supergrass are allowing their album artwork to be used on chip and PIN cards for teenagers.    » read more »

BIDEN Legislation will Restrict Teen Access to Cough and Cold Meds Containing Dextromethorphan (DXM)

October 31, 2007 -- Washington, DC — U.S. Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D-DE), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs and the Caucus on International Narcotics Control, introduced the Dextromethorphan Abuse Reduction Act of 2007, legislation that will curb the alarming rise in medicine abuse, including the misuse of cough and cold medicines containing Dextromethorphan (DXM).    » read more »

20 September 2007 -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released alarming statistics that show the suicide rate for American children and teenagers was up between 2003 to 2004. That is the most recent period of death records compiled in the United States. The CDC says the rate among young girls that year was especially high.

Suicide is the third-leading cause of death for young Americans ages 10 to 24.    » read more »

Public service announcement to air statewide urging parents to speak up and discourage underage drinking

Sept. 14, 2007 -- Kansas Attorney General Paul Morrison today joined representatives from the Federal Trade Commission, the Century Council, liquor retailers and local law enforcement in Olathe to unveil a new public service announcement and campaign discouraging underage drinking.    » read more »

Public service announcements to air statewide urging parents to speak up and discourage underage drinking

September 13, 2007 -- INDIANAPOLIS, IN — Indiana Attorney General Steve Carter; Jim Purucker, Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of Indiana; Jim Calvert, Olinger Distributing; Dave Heath, Indiana Alcohol and Tobacco Commission; Chief Michael Spears, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department; Brad Rider, United Package Liquors; and Erik Strickland of The Century Council, a national not-for-profit organization funded by Bacardi U.S.A., Inc.; Brown-Forman; Constellation Brands, Inc.; DI    » read more »

Eighteen communities across the state to receive funds to develop plans to reduce underage and binge drinking

September 14, 2007 -- CHICAGO – Illinois Governor Rod R. Blagojevich today announced a five-year, $10 million grant from the federal government to bolster the state’s alcohol prevention efforts. The funds will be distributed by the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS), to 18 organizations across the state for programs created to reduce risky use of alcohol, underage and childhood drinking, binge drinking, and deaths from alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes.    » read more »

Legislation prohibits marketing of flavored alcoholic beverages to minors

September 14, 2007 -- SPRINGFIELD – Representatives from Illinois Governor Rod R. Blagojevich’s administration joined today with the legislative sponsors of Senate Bill 1625 and alcohol prevention advocates to announce how the new law will protect Illinois minors. The Governor signed SB 1625 into law today to prevent the advertisement or promotion of flavored alcoholic beverages, or ‘alcopops’, to children.    » read more »

09/13/2007 -- Helping to make roadways safer for all Californians, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today signed SB 33 by Senator Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto) which bans teenage drivers from using all electronic devices – such as cell phones, pagers and laptops – while behind the wheel.

“The simple fact is that teenage drivers are more easily distracted. They are young, inexperienced and have a slower reaction time. We want to eliminate any extra distractions so they can focus on paying attention to the road and being good drivers,” said Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.    » read more »

We Don’t Serve Teens Week urges parents to speak up and discourage underage drinking

September 10, 2007, Olympia -- Washington Governor Chris Gregoire and Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna, in partnership with the Federal Trade Commission , will participate in this week’s national campaign, “We Don’t Serve Teens.”

The campaign’s goal is to help parents recognize that they have support in their efforts to keep their children from drinking alcohol before they turn 21 and to remind adults who provide alcohol to minors that it is against the law.    » read more »

9/10/2007, PIERRE, S.D. - South Dakota Attorney General Larry Long today launched a campaign aimed at preventing drunk driving and underage drinking with new 30-second radio public service announcements set to air on stations throughout the state. The spots are timed to coincide with the back-to-school season and will air more than 1,200 times between now and October.    » read more »

Messages urge parents to speak up and discourage underage drinking

September 7, 2007 (SANTA FE) --- New Mexico Attorney General Gary King is teaming up with The Federal Trade Commission and The Century Council, a national not-for-profit organization funded by the nation’s leading distillers, to launch a public awareness campaign in New Mexico to prevent underage drinking. The initiative called “We Don’t Serve Teens,” is designed to inform adults that providing underage drinkers with alcohol is unsafe, illegal, and irresponsible.    » read more »

3-Sep-2007 -- Bulimia patients age 12 to 19 years who received family-based treatment were less likely to continue to binge and purge than those who received supportive psychotherapy, which explores the underlying issues of the disorder, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.    » read more »

3-Sep-2007 -- Exposure to smoking in movies appears to be associated with adolescents’ risk of becoming established smokers who have used at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetimes, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.    » read more »

Biden: Local program’s success “has made it a national model”

August 29, 2007 -- WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Joe Biden (D-DE) today announced a grant in the amount of $176,743 for Delaware Adolescent Program, Inc., (DAPI) the only statewide program in the nation that helps pregnant and parenting teens receive prenatal care while continuing their education.    » read more »