Word: valliant
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...just like smoking," says George E. Valliant, author of the book, The Natural History of Alcoholism, and a researcher at Dartmouth Medical School. "If you smoke two packs of cigarettes a day in college, you'll have a much greater chance of smoking more later...
...People in college do not [necessarily] get addicted, but they develop habits," added Valliant...
...Valliant says that a study he began in 1940 showed that students who formed drinking habits in college and continued to drink heavily after school suffered from increased health problems...
Sources: "Extensive Uses of Alcohol Among College Students," by Henry Wechsler and Mary Rohman in The Journal of Studies on Alcohol, January 1981, and The Natural History of Alcoholism, by George E. Valliant...