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Thursday, July 8, 2010

Alcohol consumption on the rise in Quebec: Study


Alcohol consumption has jumped nearly 20 per cent in Quebec since 1994, according to a provincial health board that is calling on the government to consider tying liquor prices to alcohol content.

New research from the Quebec Institute for Public Health has found that alcohol consumption per capita has increased by 19.1 per cent in the province between 1994 and 2008, climbing from 6.8 litres in pure alcohol equivalent to 8.1 litres a year.

Researchers noted that Quebec has now caught up with the Canadian average of 8.2 litres of alcohol consumption per year.

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