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d)a light torch or pressure may at times stimulate more fibrils than a cut
The impact of alcohol on the nation's health and welfare is almost incalculable. According to
the latest figures, alcohol causes or is associated with 200,000 deaths every year. These include
deaths from alcohol-related diseases (such as cirrhosis of the liver, cancers of the mouth and
larynx, chronic brain injury), traumatic events (including automobile crashes), and thousands of
other injuries. Many of these deaths and injuries occur among the young. Alcohol-impaired
driving is the leading cause of death and injury among those under 25 years of age (in 1984 an
average of 9 teenagers were killed and more than 400 injured each day in alcohol-related car
crashes). Alcohol contributes to falls in the home, house fires, and drowning. People who drink
habitually are more likely to smoke and hence to doze off and start fires with unextinguished
cigarettes. Half of the pedestrians killed on the streets are under the influence. Nor are the
highways and the home the only places where trouble occurs. Lost work time due to drinking
on the job and/or recovering from hangovers costs an estimated $7.9 million annually.
22. The country is badly influenced by alcohol..................
a) as it has been proved alcohol causes many fatal diseases
b) if drunk-driving is tolerated more than now
c) because traumatic proceedings kill many people every year
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