According to the Wagenaar study, heavy drinkers are subject to a price elasticity of -0.28.

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Each city was ranked in five areas: state laws, number of drinkers, number of heavy drinkers, number of binge drinkers and alcoholism.

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You want, if you are interested in solving alcohol-related problems, to get at the heavy drinkers and get them to reduce their drinking.

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Heavy drinkers are especially vulnerable to severe and frequently fatal hypothermia.

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The twin cities ranked No. 2 for adults who reported having had a drink in the last month, No. 3 for binge drinkers and No. 12 for heavy drinkers.

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Those who stuck to wine had the biggest reduction in cardiovascular events, such as heart attacks, compared with non-drinkers, heavy drinkers or those who drank other types of alcohol.

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And 7.5% of the population were reported as heavy drinkers--adult men that have more than two drinks per day, or adult women who have more than one drink per day.

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How will heavy drinkers respond?

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While a 2006 French study found that people with diets high in beta-carotene had a slower decline in lung function over an eight-year period, heavy smokers and drinkers may not benefit.

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