Should a pint of beer shrink? Birmingham’s take in reducing drinking habits
A new study suggests shrinking pint sizes to two-thirds in an effort to curb the UK's alcohol consumption. We hit the streets of Birmingham to find out if locals support the idea. Are our drinking habits unhealthy compared to other European nations? Would smaller pints make a difference, or is this just a drop in the ocean?
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00:00That's a difficult one, but I think as people we drink a lot. I don't think it's a country
00:12issue, I think it's a very European culture to drink a lot. I mean we have the Christmas
00:17markets, they're German based. People come here, they drink beer, they drink the massive
00:22mugs. So I don't think it's a UK based problem, I think it's just European culture.
00:28I wouldn't be in favour of it. I think if you buy a pint, you buy a pint. I am in favour
00:33though of people being aware of the amount of alcohol they drink and the impact of that.
00:39Certainly compared to European countries we have less control over it. What is quite interesting
00:43I think is that the number of youngsters who drink zero alcohol beer, I believe is at about
00:4810%, which is lower than in other European countries. But I think the trend is in the
00:53right direction. So I think give it time, the problem will solve itself.