The alcohol warning label and adolescents: the first year.
D P MacKinnon,
M A Pentz and
A W Stacy
Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe 85287-1104.
Awareness of the alcohol labeling law and exposure to, beliefsabout, and memory for the government-mandated alcohol warninglabel were measured in a sample of adolescents immediately beforethe label was required to appear (in the fall of 1989) and 1year after the label was required. After the label was required,there were increases in awareness, exposure, and recognitionmemory, but there were not substantial changes in alcohol useor beliefs about the risks written on the warning.
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