This paper is based on the session ''Measuring Lifetime Drinking Histo
ries'' that was held on Tuesday May 13, 1997 at the international Work
shop on Consumption Measures and Models for Use in Policy Development
and Evaluation. The session chair was Paul Lemmens; presenters were Ma
rcia Russell, Ronald Knibbe, and Paul Lemmens; and panel discussants w
ere Robin Room, John Searles, Linda Sobell, and Richard Wilsnack.