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the month when some of us choose to lay off the booze following a festive holiday of excess. well, that s the traditional image, but studies show that in many high income countries young people have been steadily drinking less alcohol over the last twenty years. here in asia, it has gotten to a point where japan has even launched a campaign to try and encourage young people to drink more. but in many developing countries, the opposite is happening. a little earlier i spoke to amy pennay a senior research fellow at the centre for alcohol policy research at la trobe university in melbourne studies alcohol and youth drinking in particular who told me more about this. it is almost unprecedented in the field to suggest increasing drinking because i would assume that any money that is made from the taxation of alcohol would be offset by the harms and problems to hospitals and societies. so indeed, it is very perplexing case. your

Youth drinkingCentre for alcohol policy researchLa trobe universityAmy pennay a senior research fellow