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The songs young people listen to could be [encouragement / encouraging] them to drink more alcohol. This is the conclusion of a study [onto / into] the extent to which [lyrics / lyricists] contain references to drinking. Researchers from the John Moores University in Liverpool, England [assent / assert] that public health warnings on [liquor / liquorice] may be of diminishing value because of the [prevalence / prevalent] of terms surrounding alcohol in pop songs. The study found that one in five songs in the UK music [charters / charts] contains references to [intoxicating / intoxicated] beverages. This figure is double [that / this] from a decade ago. They also found that songs from 1981 contained relatively few references to alcohol. John Moores [contributed / attributed] some of the rise to an influx of US-imported songs.

Researchers said the [exposure / exposition] of young people to alcohol in the media is "a major concern". Professor Karen Hughes warned that references to alcohol are a "form of advertising and marketing for alcoholic [produce / products] ." She said: "Public health concerns are already focused on the [impacts / impasse] of alcohol advertising on the drinking behaviours of young people, [still / yet] the growing reference to alcohol in popular music could mean that positive, [alcohol-promoting / alcohol-promoting] messages are reaching much larger [audience / audiences] ." Dr Hughes added: "Health and [other / another] professionals should be [vigilantes / vigilant] to ensure that popular music does not become a [small / medium] for reinforcing and extending cultures of intoxication and alcohol-related [harm / harms] ."