SOME of the problems concerning the effectiveness of alcohol education are reviewed. Consideration is given to the little-discussed area of ambiguities in current health education literature. It is suggested there is a wish to reduce cognitive dissonance arising from health educators' own use of alcohol, as well as historically-rooted desire to avoid being considered allies of a temperance or prohibitionist movement.
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