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The British Medical Association lobbied Thursday for higher taxes on alcohol, an end to happy hours and a steep reduction in the permitted blood-alcohol limit for drivers. A report by the group said new laws were needed to combat an epidemic of alcohol misuse.

6.9 per 100,000

Britain’s alcohol-related death rate in 1991.

12.9 per 100,000

Britain’s alcohol-related death rate in 2005.

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