People are being urged to think before they drink as part of a research project aimed at changing people’s binge drinking habits.A team of health psychologists at The University of Nottingham plan to discover whether using the workplace to supply information on the health effects of binge drinking and asking employees for a small commitment to reducing the amount they drink in a single session could change people’s binge drinking behaviour in the long term.

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Happy hours, open bars, and sales of bottles of strong liquor would be banned in France in order to prevent binge drinking under a new government plan, and beer taxes also would be raised. (Source: Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs News)

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The “21 for 21″ ritual, where 21st birthday revelers attempt to down 21 alcoholic drinks, is highly prevalent among college students, according to new research. In the largest study of its kind, researchers at the University of Missouri determined that many college students drink to excess on their 21st birthdays and potentially jeopardize their health.

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