One quarter of Russian men die before the age of 55 ... mostly because of vodka.... and now alcohol is the main cause of premature death in Russia.
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Alcohol is the primary cause of the high number of premature deaths in Russia, research published Friday has shown.
The report, which appeared in the British journal The Lancet, shows that 25 percent of Russian men die before the age of 55, with the majority of these deaths attributed to alcohol — particularly vodka.
Some Russian men said that they drank up to one-and-a-half liters of vodka every week, the report said.
However researchers say the driving force behind the high death rate is not the amount consumed, but in the way Russians drink alcohol.
"They binge drink. That's the main problem. It's the pattern of drinking not the per-capita amount they are drinking," said Professor David Zaridze of the Russian Cancer Research Center, BBC reported.
"Russians have always drunk a lot. They sometimes say it's because of the cold weather, but this is just an excuse. This is the nation's lifestyle that needs to change." Zaridze said.
... In 2006, Russia bought in stricter controls in a bid to tackle out-of-control drinking, with alcohol consumption having since fallen by a third, researchers said. The number of men dying before they reach their 55th birthday has also fallen, from 37 percent to 25 percent.
The release of the report coincided with the anniversary of Dmitry Mendeleev's doctoral paper "On Combining Alcohol and Water" in which he set the ideal proof for vodka at 40 percent.
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