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Authorizing the Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities to hold hearings regarding the recently re-continued advertising of alcohol products in and on SEPTA owned and operated vehicles and property in the City of Philadelphia, and in furtherance of such hearings authorizing the issuance of subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents to the full extent authorized under section 2-401 of the Home Rule Charter.
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WHEREAS, A September 10, 2003 report entitled, Underage Drinking: A Collective Responsibility, released by the National Academy of Sciences stated that more youth drink alcohol than smoke tobacco or use other illegal drugs; and
WHEREAS, In a recent national survey on drug use, the 2002 Monitoring the Future report, almost half or 48.6% of twelfth graders reported recent alcohol use; and
WHEREAS, Underage drinking plays a substantial role in the three leading causes of death among youth -- motor vehicle fatalities, suicide and homicide; and
WHEREAS, According to the American Medical Association, underage drinking is a factor in nearly one-half of all teen automobile crashes, the leading cause of death among teenagers; and
WHEREAS, Alcohol abuse among young people is also linked to two-thirds of all
sexual assaults and date rape, and is a major factor in unprotected sex among youth, thereby increasing their risk of sexually transmitted diseases; and
WHEREAS, Research by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, entitled Effects of the Mass Media on the Use and Abuse of Alcohol, has found that exposure to alcohol advertisements affects young people's beliefs about drinking, intentions to drink, and actual drinking behavior; and
WHEREAS, In July, SEPTA's board of directors, after 2 years of prohibiting the advertising of alcohol products on their vehicles a...
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