Citation

Wright NR. Addict. Res. Theory 2006; 14(2): 133-137.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/16066350500505850

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Media images of violence and accidents associated with binge drinking raise concerns and the headlines and sound-bites blame heavy intoxication. However, there has been very little attention to breath alcohol concentrations (BACs) associated with bingeing. In this naturalistic study of 12 male spectators at a cricket match, alcohol consumption ranged from 8.5 to 21.7 units and at the end of play BACs ranged 0−61 µg/100 mL. The implications of these results for the definition of a "binge" are discussed.

Language: en

Keywords

Binge drinking; breath alcohol concentration