英国主要卫生和社会问题之一是酗酒,但到目前为止还不像吸烟有害健康那样广泛被重视。每个16岁以上的英国人,一周内要饮超过9品脱的啤酒。年青人是酗酒者,因为酗酒酿成许多事故和伤害。交通事故多半由于酒后开车造成,此类事故是一个最大的杀手。由于人们过量饮酒每年造成:1400人丧生于交通事故;损 One of the major health and social issues in the United Kingdom is alcoholism, but so far it has not been as widely viewed as harmful to health. Every British person over 16 must drink more than 9 pints of beer within a week. Young people are alcoholics, because drinking alcohol causes many accidents and injuries. Traffic accidents are mostly caused by drunk driving. Such accidents are the biggest killers. Due to the excessive drinking of people each year: 1400 people lost their lives in traffic accidents;