Does France have a problem with alcohol?

Replay

Alcohol caused the death of 41,000 people in 2015 in France.

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By: Charlie Dupiot Follow |

Emmanuelle Bastide

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Video by: Emmanuelle Bastide

1 min

How have the consumption and production of alcohol evolved in the largest wine country?

Why is France starting to produce whiskey and vodka?

Why is a beer sometimes less expensive than a soda in a bar?

In a country where there are preventive public policies and laws that limit the advertising and purchase of alcohol for minors, do the economy and lobbies still carry as much weight?

Publicity

With

Thomas Pitrel

and

Victor Le Grand

,

both

journalists for

Society

magazine

and authors of

Tournée générale

(Flammarion editions)

.

And

Frédéric Ojardias'

correspondence

in Seoul on alcohol consumption in Korea.

At the end of the program: the report by

Charlie Dupiot

, happy as a Finn.

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