Now, fixing the alcohol culture in the UK is an entirely other kettle of fish, but clearly it's not an issue with age (which is the same in France and Italy) but with other cultural factors (buying for your mates being one thing that comes to mind) and not something that higher taxes is really "fixing" (let's admit it, it's not reducing consumption, therefore what it's really doing is just raising more money for the treasury).
Anyway, back to work ...