CHAPTER 3
THE DRINK SCANDAL:
WHOSE HAND ON THE PUMP?
Chapter 3 pp 53 to 56 Chapter 3 pp 56 to 58 Chapter 3 pp 59 to 62
See outline of each page within the page sets.
Chapter 3 pp 53 to 56 comprise:
Ingenious paradox
Confronted with a paradox
Drinking is learnt manner
Ritualized options
The drink problem
Distinction between 'refuelling' and 'entertainment'
Are we what we read?
No clear national policy on health education
Repair rather than maintenance
Why is it a scandal? Commercial interests dominate
Condone your companion's weakness
Takes place between consenting adults
People drink up to the prescribed limit
The behaviour-related illnesses must be considered
Harmful effects of consuming alcohol wash over on to innocent bystanders
Increase the amount spent on health education from the paltry 1%
Chapter 3 pp 56 to 58 comprise:
Government takes £24.4m a year from drink
Well over half of home accidents had an alcohol component
Government is gaining annually over four times the cost of alcohol mis-use in society
Scotland took the cloth off the pump recently
The alcohol lake in which we wallow
£12m spent by Guinness on one 21 month advertising project
The alcoholic may die in isolated oblivion
Low credibility for the conflicting health education messages
Concern over increasing teenage drunkeness
Enormous pressures on the young to drink
The road to good health is paved with good intentions
Impact of disingenuous advice is negligible
Need to distinguish between sound advice and opinion
Men 18 - 24 the most susceptible.
Subsequent generations drink more than their predecessors
Nutrition Advisory Council is "a notorious muesli-front organisation" using "middle class code"
Bolting the bar door after everyone has ordered their drinks
Alcohol-pushers stand on both sides of the bar
Alcohol dependency is powered by numerous 'catalytic encouragers'
Work out the influence which alcohol has on your house
Chapter 3 pp 59 to 62 here comprise:
Manufacturers hoodwink us into disgusting food. Can the same tricks be played re alcohol?
Our alcohol has to look good, taste good ... more at Makeson
The case for exciting drinks
We can fill up on high-octane alcohol
You gaze wistfully through the train window
Bury your head in the empties
3.2 Conclusion
Addendum on food and alcohol in the extreme.
Ends with a model of "Anorexia alco-circosis".
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