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Milan to enforce teen drink ban | Milan to enforce teen drink ban |
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Milan has banned the consumption and sale of alcohol to young teenagers in an effort to curb binge-drinking. | Milan has banned the consumption and sale of alcohol to young teenagers in an effort to curb binge-drinking. |
Parents of children under the age of 16 caught drinking wine or spirits will be liable to heavy fines of up to 500 Euros ($700;£450). | Parents of children under the age of 16 caught drinking wine or spirits will be liable to heavy fines of up to 500 Euros ($700;£450). |
A third of 11-year-olds in the city have alcohol related problems, it says. | A third of 11-year-olds in the city have alcohol related problems, it says. |
In a country where for centuries wine has been part of local culture - and prohibition would be unthinkable - the ban has come as a shock. | In a country where for centuries wine has been part of local culture - and prohibition would be unthinkable - the ban has come as a shock. |
But the authorities are deeply concerned about the increase in consumption of alcohol by children as young as 11 in the country's industrial and financial capital. | But the authorities are deeply concerned about the increase in consumption of alcohol by children as young as 11 in the country's industrial and financial capital. |
So as an experiment, supplying alcohol - either wine or spirits - to youths under the age of 16 in bars, restaurants, pizza shops and liquor stores will be banned. | So as an experiment, supplying alcohol - either wine or spirits - to youths under the age of 16 in bars, restaurants, pizza shops and liquor stores will be banned. |
HAVE YOUR SAYA ban on adults setting a bad example might be at least as beneficialRita Kleppmann, Essingen Send us your comments | |
Heavy fines will be imposed on the parents of offending children and on shopkeepers or bar owners who serve them. | Heavy fines will be imposed on the parents of offending children and on shopkeepers or bar owners who serve them. |
A national law banning the sale of alcohol to under-16s is only loosely enforced, as Italian families are used to sometimes giving young children a teaspoon of wine as a family party treat. | A national law banning the sale of alcohol to under-16s is only loosely enforced, as Italian families are used to sometimes giving young children a teaspoon of wine as a family party treat. |
In past centuries, Italian children would sometimes even be given wine to drink in preference to water which was often polluted. | In past centuries, Italian children would sometimes even be given wine to drink in preference to water which was often polluted. |
There has been a storm of protest by bar owners who refuse to act as alcohol police for young people. | There has been a storm of protest by bar owners who refuse to act as alcohol police for young people. |
But changing social customs mean that old easy-going attitudes towards consumption of alcohol in Italy will have to change. | But changing social customs mean that old easy-going attitudes towards consumption of alcohol in Italy will have to change. |
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