A recent state survey has found that New Mexico teenagers are consuming less alcohol as well as smoking fewer cigarettes.
The Albuquerque Journal reports that the New Mexico Youth Risk & Resiliency Survey has determined binge-drinking has declined by half of what it once was. Cigarette use has also dropped, but the survey found that decline is offset but an uptick in the use of electronic cigarettes and hookahs.
According to the survey, about 15 percent of New Mexico high school students reported binge drinking, which is defined as drinking five or more alcoholic drinks on a single occasion within the past 30 days. In 2003, 35 percent of high school students reported binge drinking.
There were corresponding declines in alcohol-related behaviors like drinking and driving.
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Information from: Albuquerque Journal.
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