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Sherri Garcia
Full Circle Advertising: A Look at Teen Alcohol Use and
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
CDC’s 2005 Science Ambassador Program
Overview:
• Definitions
• Statistics on teen drinking
• Short- and long-term effects of
alcohol
• Blood alcohol levels
• Introduction to fetal alcohol syndrome
(FAS)
“Drinker” Definitions(1)
• Binge drinking: Four or more drinks for
a female and five or more drinks for a
male at one sitting
• 2. Alcohol Use: Chronic Drinking [online]. 1992. [cited 2005 Jul 13]. Available
from URL: http://www.indicators.ak.org/indicators/alcoholusechronic98F.htm
• 3. Johnston LD, O'Malley PM, Bachman JG, Schulenberg JE. Overall teen use
continues gradual decline; but use of inhalants rises. Ann Arbor (MI): University
of Michigan News and Information Services; December 21, 2004. Table 3. [cited
2005 Jul 7). Available from URL:
http://www.monitoringthefuture.org/data/04data.html#2004data-drugs.
• 7. Neuroscience for Kids - Alcohol. Alcohol [online]. [cited 2005 Jun 20].
Available from URL: http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/alco.html.