The Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education has released the Annual Alcohol Poll, 2015 which aims to assess Australians’ attitudes towards alcohol, alcohol consumption behaviours and various alcohol policies. 79% of those surveyed indicated that they consume alcohol. 34% of these drink to get drunk and 33% choose wine as their preferred alcoholic drink. The Poll has indicated that 75% of the almost 2000 respondents agreed that Australia has a problem with excess drinking or alcohol abuse, with 71% believing that alcohol-related problems in Australia will get worse or remain the same over the next five to ten years and 73% believing that more needs to be done to reduce the harm caused by alcohol.
Community perceptions about the alcohol industry indicated that the majority of Australians believe that the alcohol industry targets people under 18 (59%), that it has too much influence with governments (51%) and that it makes political donations to influence policy (54%).
Annual Alcohol Poll 2015
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