It's summertime, which means pool parties and backyard BBQs! This also means more risk for youth substance misuse: most underage drinking occurs in private settings such as home parties. Alcohol in the home remains the primary source of access for…
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Community Norms on Alcohol Consumption & Keeping Youth Safe
by Nancy Koziol, owner of couch + cork and ACT’s Business Sector Leader Vermont is known for so many things: its wild landscape ripe for outdoor recreation, lack of billboards and, unfortunately, higher rates of alcohol consumption–across all age groups–compared…
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Troubling Trends in Alcohol Marketing & Misuse
Researchers observed that Americans, and women in particular, were drinking more during the pandemic, and this consumption was largely driven by stress (New York Times). In Vermont, among people who accessed VT Helplink—a statewide, public resource for finding substance use…
Five Tips to help you Quit this New Year
Most of us set goals for ourselves this time of year. It’s only natural. As the ball dropped and ushered in the new calendar year, we set higher personal expectations New year new you, right? For many improving our health…
Vermont’s #3 in New Healthy States Ranking!
Vermont is the third healthiest state in the union in new report published by AmericanHealthRankings.org-- just behind #1 Massachusetts and #2 Hawaii. That's an improvement over 2016, when Vermont ranked fifth overall. This annual report takes into consideration a few…
Sticker Shock 2017! Part 3!
Local Youth partnered with ACT to continue the Sticker Shock Campaign. Continuing the campaign of last year, in an effort to raise awareness of the penalties of supplying minors with alcohol. Participating stores in the Spring Campaign? Mincers Gas Station,…