Rome's young catch British boozing disease - The Sunday Telegraph 26th August 2007

The art of consuming a solitary glass of chianti with dinner has long been hailed as a paradigm of Italian restraint. While Britons have acquired notoriety for their binge drinking, their Latin cousins have always prided themselves on a more civilised approach to alcohol. All that appears to be changing, however, after a series of Italian government studies exposed a new culture of binge drinking among the nation's youngsters.

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