The Wire

Drink Wise, a national non government body, is launching a campaign today to curb teenage drinking. However Professor Simon Chapman from the School of Public Health at Sydney University says Drink Wise is a red herring presented by alcohol companies. He draws attention to the number of board members at Drink Wise who are from alcohol companies and the large quantity of funding they contribute. Alcohol companies, says Chapman, could make more substantial moves to curtail adolescent drinking if they were truly concerned.