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138 T he S tandard D rink in M exico | L ife skills and tools to control and direct their lives, and to develop the capacity to live with and produce change in their environment. Examples of individual life skills include decision making and problem solving, creative thinking and critical thinking, self awareness and empathy, communication skills and interpersonal relationship skills, coping with emotions and managing stress.” The National Commission Against Addictions (CONADIC) in their document “Prevención de las adicciones y promoción de conductas saludables para una nueva vida: Guía para el promotor de Nueva Vida” (“Prevention of addictions and promotion of healthy behaviors for a new life: Guides for New Life Promoter”; 2008), we find that, “Life skills include know-how that allows adolescents to exercise their abilities to achieve a healthy development and to be able to face daily life challenges”. Life skills and tools are fundamental because they make up powerful protection factors, that is to say, both individual and social elements that decrease the possibility that a person carry out behaviors that could be harmful or risky for themselves or their environment, such as the harmful use of alcohol. In order to transmit these skills to youths, it is necessary to have prevention programmes that involve parents, teachers, health promoters and authorities. Also, the creation of community support groups that promote the consolidation of a prevention culture through the cooperation and education in health and life care, since they can guarantee a