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Drink aware

T&J Installations is keen to promote responsible drinking.

Did you know?

  • The government’s daily guideline is 2-3 units for women and 3-4 units for men.
  • There are around 10 million people drinking above the Government's recommended limits.
  • Between 15,000 and 20,000 premature deaths in England and Wales each year are associated with alcohol misuse.
  • Alcohol can be fattening. If you were to add three or four gin and tonics to your usual daily diet, you could put on 4lbs over four weeks.
  • Children learn their behaviour largely from their parents, so how you drink may affect how they drink too, both now and in the future

Unit measures

Alcohol is measured in units. In the UK, one unit is 10ml or eight grams of pure alcohol. Current medical evidence shows that men should not regularly drink more than three to four units a day and women not more than two to three. "Regularly" means drinking every day or most days of the week. Consistently drinking more than these amounts can risk damaging your health, with the danger increasing the longer you continue and the more you drink.

This table shows many units are in popular drinks:

Low Alcohol Drinks

Bottle

(330ml)

Can

(440ml)

Pint

(568ml)
Litre
Beer, lager & cider at 2% 0.7 units0.9 units1.1 units2 units
Beer, Lager & Cider
Beer, lager & cider at 4%
1.3 units
1.8 units
2.3 units
4 units
Beer, lager & cider at 5%
1.7 units
2.2 units
2.8 units
5 units
Beer, lager & cider at 6%
2 units
2.6 units3.4 units6 units
Super strength beer, lager & cider
Beer, lager & cider at 9%
3 units4 units
5.1 units
9 units
Alcopops

1 bottle

(275ml)

1.4 units
Spirits (38-40%)

Small measure

(25ml)

Large measure

(35ml)

Small double measure

(50ml)

Large double measure

(70ml)

Gin, rum, vodka & whisky 1 unit1.4 units
1.9-2 units
2.7-2.8 units
Shots (38-40%)

Small measure

(25ml)

Large measure

(35ml)

Tequila, Sambuca
1 unit
1.3 units
Wine & Champagne (red, white rose & sparkling)

Small glass

(125ml)

Standard glass

(175ml)

Large glass

(250ml)

Bottle

(750ml)

10%
1.25 units
1.75 units
2.5 units
7.5 units
11%
1.4 units
1.9 units
2.8 units
8.3 units
12%
1.5 units
2.1 units
3 units
9 units
13%
1.6 units
2.3 units
3.3 units9.8 units
14%
1.75 units
2.5 units
3.5 units
10.5 units
Fortified wine

Standard measure

(50ml)

Sherry & port
0.9-1 unit

For more details on units and alcohol consumption visit www.drinkaware.co.uk

Units A&B, Riverside Industrial Estate, Atherstone Street, Fazeley, Tamworth B78 3RW
T: 0121 783 8925