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The alcohol industry poured money into advertising in 2002, with many of the ads reaching young people not old enough to drink, a university study says.The report by Georgetown University s Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth, released Wednesday, said the overall number of ads on network, local and cable television increased to 289,381 in 2002 mdash; a 39 percent jump from the previous year. Industry spending on ads grew by 22 percent to more than $990 million.The study found that significant ad increases for distilled spirits and low-alcohol refreshers such as Smirnoff Ice and Skyy Blue accounted for much of the ad jump.Teens were more likely on a per capita basis than adults to have seen 66,218 of the ads, a 30 percent increase since 20 stanley us 01, according to the study.Some of the biggest spenders on such ads were beer companies, led by Heineken and Miller Lite. All 15 of the shows most popular among teens included alcohol ads, according to the study. Survivor, Fear Factor and That 70s Show were among those with the most ads. This dramatic increase in alcohol ads seen by our children in 2002 suggests the problem got worse, said Jim O Hara, executive director of the center. The data demonstrate that the alcohol in stanley quencher dustry needs to make major changes in its advertising. The Washington-based Distilled Spirits Council disagreed, saying the stanley cup deutschland vast majority of alcohol ads are viewed by adults and that self-regulation is working. It noted the center s own report found t Nvyq These WWI aerial dogfight photos are incredible. Too bad they re fake.8 W5 l1 F2 F1 \# Z, F
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