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I hear alcohol addiction is rampant. Wikipedia about alcohol consumption in Russia[1]: > High volumes of alcohol consumption have serious negative effects on
by tqkxzugoaupvwqr 8y ago
I hear alcohol addiction is rampant.
Wikipedia about alcohol consumption in Russia[1]:
> High volumes of alcohol consumption have serious negative effects on Russia's social fabric and bring political, economic and public health ramifications. Alcoholism has been a problem throughout the country's history because drinking is a pervasive, socially acceptable behaviour in Russian society and alcohol has also been a major source of government revenue for centuries. It has repeatedly been targeted as a major national problem, with mixed results. Alcoholism in Russia has according to some authors acquired a character of a national disaster and has the scale of a humanitarian catastrophe.
Wikipedia mentions a study in chapter Impact, Demographic:
> A study by Russian, British and French researchers published in The Lancet scrutinized deaths between 1990 and 2001 of residents of three Siberian industrial towns with typical mortality rates and determined that 52% of deaths of people between the ages of 15 and 54 were the result of alcohol abuse.
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_consumption_in_Russia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_consumption_in_Russi...
- onetimemanytime 8y agoOther things aside, could cold /not "pleasant" weather cause people to drink more?
- Waterluvian 8y agoIceland, Sweden, Norway, etc. All make it into the high 80s on that site. So do other cold regions. I doubt their alcoholism is as troublesome.
- swebs 8y agoSwedish alcohol taxes are so high that its impossible to be alcoholic unless you're well off. It's a pretty big problem in Finland with a 30% alcoholism rate. Finnish alcohol taxes are somewhat high as well, but many people in Helsinki bypass that by buying from Estonia. https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/finlands_unacknowledged_problem_alcoholism/9062483 https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/finlands_unacknowledged_p... https://nordic.businessinsider.com/alcoholism-finland-2016-8/ https://nordic.businessinsider.com/alcoholism-finland-2016-8...
- vkou 8y agoIt's not the weather, it's your life prospects. If you're living in developed, cosmopolitan, prosperous Moscow[1], it's one thing. If you're living in a small, dying, de-industrialized Soviet-era town in the middle of nowhere, your life probably sucks, your local government is incredibly corrupt, your future economic prospects are non-existent, but a bottle of vodka costs $3 USD, and will make you happy for an hour. [1] Average life expectancy in Moscow? 77 years (The US is at 79). Average life expectancy in Russia? 71 years.