It may look innocent because of its similarity to the common condensed milk or whipped cream filled tubes. However, inside these tube there is a 10% alcoholic drink to which some school chidlren have taken a fancy. "Fakt" newspaper describes a new product that has appeared in shops and, sadly, in the local secondary schools in Lublin Province. "It is a very dangerous product," says Agnieszka Kopiel, an expert from The State Agency for the Prevention of Alcohol-Related Problems. "Young people are likely to be mischievious or want to cheat adults. And everyone knows the effect of even the slightest amount of alcohol on a growing child". Kopiel believes that the tubes should be clearly marked. "Children are capable of drinking from the tube even under a watchful eye of their parents. Who would suspect that these innocent looking tubes might contain alcohol instead of cream or milk," writes "Fakt". Luckily, not everybody is fooled. "I caught one pupil with a tube and he tried to make me believe it was milk. It turned out he was drinking alcoholic beverage with his friends," says a teacher from a school in Lublin Province.
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