What I understand from Germans and Austrians, being drunk (among teenagers) is not genarally acceptable. However in here Finland when teen get drunk he/she gets cool guy status. It is quite sad, but I think that when it gets over and someone gets all wasted its not cool anymore.
it is - sadly - a matter of social status at Austria as well.
in cities with a pop of >200k, most teenagers going to a highschool do not smoke or get pregnant underage .
people from a lower social group with poorer education mostly do smoke and...well....I friend of mine made an apprenticeship and all of his class mates were smokers and 3 were pregnant before turning 18....
on the countryside, you're still cool if you smoke and drink lots of alcohol.
being totally wasted ain't cool. but having 9 beer and not being wasted - definitely cool for some reason...
...and I couldn't disagree more..