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April 18th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
AUSTRALIA has a drinking problem – and it’s only going to get worse.
A study has revealed more than 75 per cent of people believe we drink too much. More than four million Australians are drinking to get drunk, including two million who get rotten at least once a month.
The Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE) poll found almost 80 per cent of people believed our grog culture would remain the same or get worse over the next five to 10 years unless something was done.
FARE is calling for mandatory health warning labels – similar to those found on cigarette packaging – for alcohol products.
Chief executive Michael Thorn said: “The annual alcohol poll consistently tells us two things: first, there is an awareness and acceptance by Australians that we have a serious problem with excessive drinking. Second, Australians want change – they believe this issue has been ignored.”
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The survey found the majority of Australians blamed the government and alcohol industry for not doing enough to curb alcohol abuse and its associated health and violence problems. It also identified an increase in the number of Australians regularly binge-drinking.
The number of respondents who admitted consuming more than six standard drinks in a sitting rose from 12 per cent 2011 to 16 per cent this year. Almost a third – 30 per cent – said they had cut back but this was not reflected in consumption patterns or the amount of alcohol consumed over the past three years.
And the more we drink the less likely we are to believe alcohol is a problem. Two-thirds of regular drinkers said alcohol was a problem compared to 89 per cent of non-drinkers.
More than 60 per cent of adults supported a blanket ban on alcohol advertising before 8.30pm and ranked the alcohol industry as the least proactive in minimising the harm caused by its products.
Australia’s biggest brewer responded yesterday, announcing plans to ramp up health and safety warnings on its packaging and across its advertising.
Carlton United Brewers also launched a website about the health risks of beer and the impact of alcohol on the body.
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