Internally Peer Reviewed Education about the ill effects of smoking and the problems of second hand smoke have helped many people to kick the habit. Binge-drinking's effects also can touch your life and the lives of others. Many costs are hidden.
Alcohol is widely advertised and available.
Thirty percent of prison inmates are there because of alcohol. Beer riots, sexual assaults, and traffic accidents add to the costs. Underage drinkers are particularly vulnerable to the effects of alcohol, including acute poisoning and death. Alcohol is a poison affecting the heart, liver, and brain. It causes cirrhosis of the liver and an Alzheimer-like disease with skid row deterioration.