Discuss: Booze culture - what can be done?
9:47am Wednesday 23rd July 2008
NEW regulations could be imposed in a bid to make the drinks industry and drinkers act more responsibly. What do you think?
A crackdown is on the cards, which could see new measures such as happy hours in pubs being curbed and stricter labelling on drinks.
The Government has launched a consultation on proposed new laws in the wake of figures showing there were more than 800,000 hospital admissions last year for alcohol-related injuries and diseases.
It has been announced that drink-related illnesses cost the NHS £2.7bn a year.
Who is to blame for the alcohol problems in this country - Government, individuals or the drinks industry?
Have cheap drinks prices had a negative effect? Would measures such as clearer labelling to show how many units are in each drink make any difference to the amount people drink?
Should people start acting more responsibly and restricting what they drink? Would any new laws just end up punishing sensible drinkers?
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