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	MySpace.com - Alcopop! Records - UK - Indie / Pop / Rock - www.myspace.com/alcopopinmyblood
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		"With hindsight, it is perhaps surprising that alcopop took so long to materialise, but then that is true of all good ideas.
		if only we were as popular with teenage girls as alcopops are champ we would be two very happy chaps (and bench).
	www.myspace.com /alcopopinmyblood (1412 words)

	NATIONAL POLL SHOWS "ALCOPOP" DRINKS LURE TEENS
		‘Alcopops’ are gateway drugs that ease young people into drinking and pave the way to more traditional alcoholic beverages.”; Noting government’s failure to halt the marketing of “alcopops” by approving their labels, he called for Federal action to protect American children.
		Those ‘alcopop’ drinks can have serious implications for America’s youth and for alcohol-related problems throughout society.” According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, young people who begin drinking before the age of 15 are four times as likely to develop alcohol dependence than those who wait until age 21 to start.
		CSPI asked the BATF immediately to: revoke approved labels for several “alcopop” drinks; require revisions in the design of “alcopop” labeling and packaging; and require “alcopop” producers to disclose their marketing plans and submit alcoholism and underage-drinking impact assessments” to the agency prior to label approval.
	www.cspinet.org /new/alcopop.html (679 words)

	Alcopops - Sweet Danger
		Actually, a 12-ounce alcopop, a 12-ounce mug of beer, a cocktail with 1.5 ounces of spirits, and a 5-ounce glass of wine have the same amount of alcohol (from 5-7%) and cause the same effects.
		The AMA released results (summary of key results) from two nationwide polls revealing the extent of underage consumption and marketing exposure to alcopops or so-called "girlie drinks." The AMA is worried that hard-liquor brands are using these sweet-flavored malt beverages as "gateway" beverages to attract less-experienced drinkers.
		(See: Alcopops advertising to girls; Health effects of alcohol on women and girls) The AMA is so concerned about the growing number of teen girls imbibing the sweet drinks that it has developed a poster with warnings about the dangers.
	www.prairieview.net /Alcopops.htm (861 words)

	Polls show more teen girls see "alcopop" ads than women age 31-44
		The American Medical Association (AMA) released the results of two nationwide polls today that reveal the extent of underage consumption and marketing exposure to "alcopops" or so-called "girlie drinks." The AMA expressed concern that hard-liquor brands are using these sweet-flavored malt beverages as "gateway" beverages to attract less-experienced drinkers.
		"Alcopops are marketed as fun, sexy and cool as if they are less risky to drink, but their health and safety consequences are anything but sexy or cool.
		The teen survey found that one in six girls who report trying alcopops were sexually active after drinking, and 25 percent drove a car after drinking or rode with a driver who had been.
	www.news-medical.net /?id=6910 (947 words)

	McCook Daily Gazette: Story: County board opposes tax rate on new 'alcopop'
		An e-mail from Borgeson indicates that permitting the alcopops to be classified as beer allows the alcohol industry to receive a tax break.
		Borgeson indicates that she is concerned that classifying alcopops as beer allows the alcohol industry to reach more young people through advertising practices on television.
		Red Willow County commissioners envision returning alcopops to their original distilled spirits classification as a way for the state to recoup lost tax money as well as a way to address part of the problem of underage drinking.
	www.mccookgazette.com /story/1180258.html (999 words)

	Alcopops
		However, downing five is not unusual in an evening, and if they're alcopops, that means 1150 to 1375 calories...more calories than a Big Mac and a large order of fries (1130) or two slices of Domino's Deep Dish Meatzza (910).
		Many Americans say they would modify their behavior and drink fewer alcopops and less alcohol in total if they were aware of the high calorie content of alcopops.
		'alcopops' -- appeal to children and often are packaged to closely resemble soda, witnesses told a California Senate panel.
	www.menstuff.org /issues/byissue/alcopops.html (413 words)

	The Scotsman - Fizz goes from the alcopop market (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Diageo, the global drinks giant, told the City that sales of its flagship alcopop, Smirnoff Ice, will be down 3 per cent for the year, with its other RTD brands being hit by a new tax.
		The drink, which came in fruit flavours and had an alcohol content of 5.4 per cent, was marketed under the FCUK brand which was popular with teenagers, said the industry watchdog, the Portman group, and so the drink would be too.
		Alcopops are also being hit by the heavy hand of the law.
	thescotsman.scotsman.com /index.cfm?id=747492003 (955 words)

	Alcohol Industry Loses Alcopop Tax Battle
		Grouping alcopops with beer—instead of liquor—allows the alcohol industry to have the same advertising rights and low tax rates as beer.
		Several states are facing the issue of whether alcopops, which include Mike’s Hard Lemonade, Smirnoff Ice, and Skyy Blue, should be taxed or otherwise treated as beer or hard liquor.
		According to the American Medical Association, alcopops are marketed to underage drinkers and are quickly becoming the drink of choice among teenagers—especially teen girls.
	www.marininstitute.org /alcohol_policy/hot.htm (559 words)

	The Balding report confirms that alcopop drinkers do drink more
		Teenagers who drink alcopops do drink more than non-alcopop drinkers and they are also more likely to consume the drinks outside in a public place rather than at home.
		These are among the range of findings of a new report `Young People and Alcohol: Its Use and Abuse', largely funded by the Institute of Alcohol Studies, and produced by John Balding and the Schools Health Education Unit at the University of Exeter.
		The report also shows that by Year 10 the majority of boys and girls are regular consumers of alcohol and that those who consume alcopops drink considerably more alcohol than those who do not.
	www.ias.org.uk /resources/publications/alcoholalert/alert199701/al199701_p10.html (814 words)

	“Alcopop” Labels Dupe Consumers And Regulators ~ Newsroom ~ News from CSPI
		Makers of the controversial drinks known as “alcopops” are purposefully tricking American consumers and duping sleepy regulators at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF), says the nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI).
		Alcopops now have access to nearly eight times as many outlets as they would have if they were classified as liquor products.
		Pressed by state regulators, ATF has been investigating the exact source of alcohol in alcopops to determine whether they should be taxed at the higher liquor rate and sold only at liquor outlets.
	www.cspinet.org /new/200211051.html (736 words)

	World Wide Words: Alcopop
		Alcopops are an Australian invention which first came on the market in Britain in the summer of 1995, but which later spread to North America, Japan and elsewhere.
		The government promised action to curb their promotion to the under-18s, and some supermarkets stopped selling them in response to public pressure, but they have in any case gone out of fashion in Britain, with young people turning to lager instead.
		Critics of alcopops say they are cynically packaged to appeal to under-age drinkers; the industry retorts that it is up to retailers to uphold the law.
	www.worldwidewords.org /turnsofphrase/tp-alc1.htm (263 words)

	Spin the bottle: a consumer's guide to alcopops
		Alcopops as we know them today were introduced to the UK in 1995 in the shape of rival alcoholic lemonades Two Dogs and Hooch.
		The majority of drinks recorded here have been sold in the UK, a few elsewhere, but some may be just advertisers' dreams and even those that made it to the market may not have lasted.
		Alcopops nightmare by the Free Church Defence Association.
	owen.massey.net /alcopops/index.html (371 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Alcopop (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The latest aphrodisiac is an alcopop, so we asked the experts if the sex-drive products on the market can really work
		Don't join the alcopop generation.(40% of teenagers have tried 'alcopop,' a 5% alcohol drink)(Brief Article)
		THE TEENAGE ISSUE: Heroes for the alcopop generation; To their fans, Busted are the anarchic face of teen pop.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Alcopop (244 words)

	The Seattle Times: Health: Teen girls' drinking on rise, AMA reports
		NEW YORK — The percentage of teenage girls who drink alcoholic beverages is increasing more rapidly than that of boys, and girls on average take their first drink at age 13, the American Medical Association said yesterday in reporting the findings of two surveys.
		The AMA contends that a class of beverages informally known as "alcopops" is partly to blame, and it is warning doctors to educate teenagers about the dangers of such sweet drinks.
		The AMA has created a poster about the dangers of alcopops and will be asking physicians to place them in their waiting rooms or exam rooms.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/health/2002122339_drunkteens17.html (581 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Alcopop boycott urged
		Shops have been told not to stock a new "aphrodisiac" alcopop dubbed "Viagra pop" by campaigners.
		The makers of vodka-based Roxxoff claim it boosts sexual performance, but the drink has fallen foul of the industry's own watchdog.
		In a separate decision, the Portman Group also criticised garishly-coloured alcopop WKD for the content on its website.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/3021688.stm (463 words)

	Hit the young with alcopop tax (Site not responding. Last check: )
		From the Grauniad : "A swingeing increase in tax on alcopops and other alcoholic drinks favoured by teenagers is being demanded by the health secretary, Patricia Hewitt, in an attempt to stop young people damaging their health by binge drinking.
		Now, before starting in earnest, it must be stressed that we humans are, of course, evil and irresponsible to our very cores; in a way, everything that we get is our fault, the fault of a people who have abdicated all responsibility for their own lives to the state.
		A swingeing increase in tax on alcopops and other alcoholic drinks favoured by teenagers is being demanded by the health secretary, Patricia Hewitt, in an attempt to stop young people damaging their health by binge drinking.
	tailrank.com /741208/Hit-the-young-with-alcopop-tax (416 words)

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