So I make no apologies for returning to a point I have made several times before: there is not an epidemic of binge drinking, as this document from the House of Commons library reminds us.
The prevalence of binge drinking among young men and women has fallen since 1998. In 2010 the prevalence among young men remained at 24% while among young women it fell to its lowest recorded level at 17%.
"Binge drinking" is defined as having more than 6 units for a woman and more than 8 units for a man on one or more occasions in a week, ie. four or more average drinks in an evening would do the trick for both genders. That is not "binge drinking", that is "drinking". If only one in five of us are exceeding these feeble limits, Britain is not a nation of binge drinkers, we are a nation of lightweights.
Meanwhile, back on Planet Guardian...
The UK Faculty of Public Health (FPH) says harmful drinking has become so common that "no nonsense" warnings displayed in a prominent place on alcohol products are needed to overcome widespread public ignorance about the dozens of medical conditions excessive consumption can cause.
3 comments:
Gawd, I've been 'binge drinking' for the last forty years or more.Does that mean that if I carry on like this for another twenty years I might die of an 'alcohol related' disease? What a terrifying prospect.
If only they'd put warnings on bottles of Merlot sooner.... I might still be alive today...Oh, hold on...
"The UK Faculty of Public Health (FPH) says harmful drinking has become so common that "no nonsense" warnings displayed in a prominent place on alcohol products are needed.."
I hope someone is keeping a list of all of these "public health" organisations. We will need it when the fires are lit and the ropes come out.
There is an open invitation for everyone to turn up for a pro smoking protest march on sunday 29 july, washingborough Road Lincoln, we are hoping for a couple of hundred to turn up with local press and local radio confirmed, drinks and nibbles laid on.
53.21965,-0.52227 copy and paste those coordinates into google maps
see you at st swithins at 1pm, for a march down washingborough Road from st swithins to toll bar lodge.
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