1 If your flask has not been used for some time, rinse with warm water to remove any residual odours. 2  DO NOT overfill your flask. Leave sufficient space in the neck to fit the stopper.  After filling, always ensure that both the outside cup and stopper are tightly closed.
The 8.4% prevalence of alcohol abuse/dependence estimated by the present study (13.1% for men and 4.1% for women) is above the average value of 6% that Galduroz et al8 (2003) found in a survey performed in 1999.
1 Rates of current alcohol use increased with age among underage persons. 2  In 2013, 2.1 percent of persons aged 12 or 13, 9.5 percent of persons aged 14 or 15, 22.7 percent of 16 or 17 year olds, and 43.8 percent of 18 to 20 year olds drank alcohol during the 30 days before they were surveyed (Figure 3.7). A majority of underage current drinkers in 2013 reported that their last use of alcohol in the past month occurred in a home setting, either in someone else's home (52.2 percent) or their own home (34.2 percent). 2  The rate for drinking at home was higher than it was in 2012 (31.4 percent).