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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Olivia Petter

FOUND: Pupils taught about alcohol with misleading resources claims report - You Need To See This

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Schools gave students “misleading and biased” information about alcohol using materials funded by the industry, a new study has claimed.

Lesson plans, factsheets, and films are being shown to thousands of pupils across the UK that are produced by companies with close ties to the alcohol industry that “portray alcohol as a normal consumer product to impressionable young minds”, the report states.

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