摘要:

AbstractDrivers who wish to stay ‘under the limit’, problem drinkers wishing to control their drinking and literally anyone who drinks alcohol and is concerned about their health are all increasingly exhorted to monitor their alcohol intake by counting ‘standard drinks’ (each containing 8–14 g, depending on the country in question). Unfortunately, the evidence presented in this paper suggests that this system permits many errors. In particular, it requires two assumptions to be met: (1) that drinks of the same beverage type (i.e. beer, wine, fortified wine or spirits) normally contain the same percentage of alcohol by volume; and (2) that people serve, or are served, alcoholic drinks in standard serves. It is shown that in practice the strength of drinks available for sale of a given beverage type varies widely and that ‘atypical’ strengths form a significant proportion of alcohol sales. Furthermore, whether drinking occurs in a private residence or on licensed premises, it is usual for quantities greater than the supposed Australian standard of 10 g to be served. In practice, most people are unaware of the strengths of different beverages or the rough equivalences between them. Even if they are taught the standard drink system, they cannot make allowances for ‘atypical’ variations in strength. It is suggested these problems could be readily overcome if all alcohol containers were labelled in terms of standard drinks. The benefits of such a labelling system are discussed with regard to health promotion, accident prevention and the accuracy of surve

ISSN:0959-5236    

DOI:10.1080/09595239000185111

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1990

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractThe draft National Health Policy on alcohol in Australia, prepared by the Alcohol Sub‐Committee of the Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy and presented to that Council in November 1987, is compared to that approved by Ministers at their meeting in March 1989. Attention is directed to those policies and strategies which were substantially altered from the draft document and which, it is argued, represented the policy's most significant recommendations. The role of the alcohol industry in effecting these changes is speculated upo

ISSN:0959-5236    

DOI:10.1080/09595239000185121

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1990

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Book reviewed in this article:Road Accident Statistics T. P. HUTCHINSON

ISSN:0959-5236    

DOI:10.1080/09595239000185131

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1990

数据来源: WILEY