AS part of a larger alcohol education campaign, a project has been up to work with industry to intro duce alcohol policies in the workplace. In one work- force, self-completion questionnaires regarding factual knowledge of alcohol and its effects were dis tributed prior to any education or training about alcohol. Analysis of these questionnaires revealed that the vast majority of people knew the minimum pub drinking age, the seriousness of alcohol cirrhosis and how to delay the absorption of alcohol. However, there were many other facets of alcohol about which people were less knowledgeable.
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