Adolescent drinking rates remain high in China despite ban

Improved efforts are needed to prevent underage drinking and challenge lenient attitudes toward alcohol. (Shutterstock)

There are plenty of health concerns for teens to worry about these days: the effects of e-cigarette and cannabis use, and how drinking could harm their developing brains.

Although relatively more is known about youth drinking in the West, there is a significant knowledge gap when it comes to China, home to the world’s second-largest youth population.