Indians start drinking alcohol at 13

Jul 30

Indians start drinking alcohol at 13

There are over 62 million alcohol drinkers in India and the age of initiation is just 13.5 years, Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss said on Tuesday.

“The age of initiation to alcohol has come down from 19 years in 1986 to 13.5 years in 2006,” Ramadoss said.

“In India alone, there are 62.5 million alcohol users and their numbers are increasing rapidly. It is documented that more than 50 percent of all drinkers in India come under the criterion for hazardous drinking,” he added, while speaking at the India-Brazil-South Africa health ministers’ conference here.

Reminding the delegates about the 58th World Health Assembly’s warning on the harmful effects of drinking, the minister said, “Drinking is among the foremost underlying causes of diseases, domestic violence against women and children, disability, social problems and pre-mature deaths”.

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One Response to “Indians start drinking alcohol at 13”

yousef33 Says:
August 1st, 2008 at 8:39 am

thank you for this information.

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