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ICELAND’S
AMBITIOUS YOUTH
Published in De Volkskrant 05/2017
About fifteen years ago Iceland´s young teens were among the heaviest drinking and smoking teens in Europe.
Today they are Europe´s “cleanest youth”.
Today they are Europe´s “cleanest youth”.
For De Volkskrant I traveled to Iceland with Ianthe Sahadat to find out what might have caused this change.
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