Welcome  to  Public  health  moment from  the  University  of  Minnesota. Adolescents  who  attend  schools  in  neighborhoods  where alcohol  advertisements  are  prominent are  more  likely  to  drink  alcohol. That's  according  to  Karen  Posh, lead  author  of  a  study  conducted  by the  University  of  Minnesota and  the  University  of  Florida. For  this  study,  we  documented all  alcohol  advertising  around 63  Chicago  Public  elementary  schools. This  was  done  when  the  students were  in  the  end  of  their  sixth  grade  year. We  also  surveyed  them  on their  alcohol  behavior  in  intentions. And  then  we  did  a  follow  up survey  at  the  end  of  eighth  grade, again  looking  at  their  alcohol  behaviors  and  intentions. We  found  that  exposure  to alcohol  advertising  at  the  end  of sixth  grade  did  influence students  intentions  to  use alcohol  at  the  end  of  eighth  grade. Pash  says  that  the  effectiveness of  such  advertising  should prompt  elected  officials  to  enact restrictions  on  where  it  can  be  displayed. This  study  provides  further  evidence  of the  influence  of  alcohol  advertising  on  children. And  we  found  that  even  those  students who  had  not  tried  alcohol  at the  start  of  sixth  grade  were also  influenced  by  alcohol  advertising. This  suggests  that  restrictions  on alcohol  advertising  around  schools  especially, and  also  other  places  that  children  frequent, such  as  parks,  churches,  playgrounds. These  restrictions  are  needed  to reduce  the  influence  this  type  of advertising  has  on  children with  another  public  health  moment. I'm  John  Finnegan.