🤔 Les Islandais ont trouvé la technique pour empêcher les jeunes de boire et fumer

How Iceland Got Teenagers to Stop Drinking and Smoking In Iceland, scientists identified the biochemical processes that lead to addiction and, over 20 years, drastically reduced the number of teenagers who smoke or drink alcohol. This was reported by Mosaic Science. Interestingly, people can become addicted not only to smoking or alcohol but also to cars, money, or certain types of food. Icelandic schoolchildren were offered free workshops in any sport or art form they wanted to learn, which were included in the school curriculum. Scientists hypothesized that such activities could produce the same emotional effect on teenagers as alcohol or cigarettes. The state funded additional activities three times a week. Each teenager was offered to participate in the program for three months, but many continued attending for five years or more. “Dance, music, painting, or sports also trigger biochemical processes in the brain that help cope with stress,” the researchers noted. To tackle nicotine and alcohol addiction among teenagers, the government also had to change the law. Iceland banned advertising of cigarettes and alcoholic beverages and created special parent organizations that, together with schools, helped students deal with psychological issues. “It’s surprising that similar methods are still not widely used in other countries,” scientists point out. In the mid-1990s, Icelandic teenagers were among the heaviest drinkers and smokers in Europe. Today, Iceland tops the chart of European countries with the healthiest lifestyles among teenagers. The country managed to reduce the number of teens who regularly drink alcohol from 48% to 5%, and smokers—from 23% to 3%. Source: osvita.ua