Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kei te whakaaro ngā rangatira hauora ki te whakapiki i te tau ture mō te hoko waipiro ki te 21 hei whakawātea i te haurangi. Kua whakatakotohia te tono e nga tohunga o NHS Health Scotland, te tari whakatairanga hauora a te Kawanatanga o Scotland, e kii ana he nui ake te mahi hei whakatutuki i te "raru tonu" o te "kohi haurangi kino i roto i nga taiohi". Ka pā te nekehanga ki ngā whare haurangi, ki ngā karapu, ki ngā hokomaha me ngā wāhi kāore i te raihana i Scotland. He mehua hou: Kei te whakaaro nga rangatira hauora ki te whakaara i te tau ture mo te hoko waipiro ki te 21 hei whakaeke i te inu nui. Mēnā ka whakaurua, ka nui ake te tau iti rawa o te hoko waipiro i roto i a Kōti i te toenga o Ingarangi, e 18 ana. Inanahi ko te Ahorangi Sir Ian Gilmore, te tumuaki o te Alcohol Health Alliance UK, i kii ka manako ia ki te whakatakoto i te tau iti rawa ki te 21 tau. Ka mea ia: <unk> Mehemea ko te 21 inaianei, kaore au e karanga kia whakaitihia.<unk> Engari i tāpiri atu ia: <unk>I te mea kei te noho tatou ki te wāhi kei reira tātou, ki taku whakaaro he uaua rawa te mahi tōrangapū, i te mea ko te tau 18 te pakeke mō ētahi atu tikanga pakeke i roto i tō tātou hapori.<unk> Ko te tono kia whakaarahia te pakeke ture kei roto i tētahi pūrongo e kīia ana ko <unk>Best Preventive Investments for Scotland <unk> What the Evidence and Experts Say<unk>, e whakamātautau ana i ngā tikanga hei whakapai ake i te hauora tūmatanui. E kī ana te whakaaro ki te "whakaara i te tau iti rawa o te inu waipiro ki te 21 ka tino whai hua, na te mea ka pai ake te hauora o te iwi me te kore e whakapau moni nui, me te whakaiti i te hiahia ki te NHS". I kī te kaituhi o te pūrongo a Neil Craig: <unk>I Rōpū, he raruraru tonu te inu waipiro mōrearea i roto i ngā rangatahi. <unk>Mā ngā tāne me ngā wāhine, ko te pikinga nui rawa o ngā reeti whakanoho ki te hōhipera mō ngā mate e pā ana ki te waipiro mai i ngā tau tōmua o te tekau tau 1980, kei te hunga 15-24 tau te pakeke, ā, he tino nui tēnei mō ngā wāhine.<unk> Inaa hoki, kei te awangawanga nga taote puta noa i Ingarangi mo te pikinga o taua mate ki te hohipera. I waenganui i te 2002 me te 2010, ko te maha o nga whakauru ki nga hohipera Ingarihi i waenga i nga tau 15 ki te 24 na te waipiro i piki ake i te 66 ōrau ki te 55,655 <unk> ranei...
Kua whakatakotohia te tono e ngā tohunga o NHS Health Scotland. E ki ana rātou me nui ake te mahi ki te whakaoti i te raruraru inu waipiro i roto i ngā rangatahi. Ka pā te nekehanga ki ngā whare haurangi, ki ngā karapu, ki ngā hokomaha me te hunga kāore i whai raihana.