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s t andard d r inks .\-.Then t he b l�J od .::t l c o hol leve l s were p lotted .:1gainst t he q uan t i t y o f a l coho l consumed p e r pe rson a n average i n c rease in b l o o d a l coho l l ev e l pe r d rink could b e e s t ima t e d .
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t o b<! r )1:1 t rons t he rL' w n. s an irrun e d i.:": t c: o c c e p t nnce o f t h e f a c i l i t y an ll
the r e q u e s t s f o r t e s t �; f u l l y ext en d e d the inst rumen t s t o t he maximura
t h r oughput o f an a ly s Q s .
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m
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people . On the bus iest ni ghts o n l y abou t one t h i rd o f t he c u s t ome rs we re t e s t e d .Fo r the f i r s t b re a t h t es t , o n e third o f al l s ub j e c t s were ov 8 r
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lcoh:
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0 I'l l b lo o d . I t i s rea sonab l e t o a s s ume that many o f the peo p le whu had levels below100
mg/ 100
m l o f b lo o d wou l d go ab ove t h i s l eve l i f t hey con t inued drink in� n f t e r the t es t .I t has been a r gued tha t the ava i l ab i l i t y o f b r ea t h t e s t s c o u l d enc oura�e patrons to d r ink up t o t he l ega l l imi t . The ope rators ob t a ined no evidence that t h i s happene d . Howeve r , a c o un t e r argument
can b e c la i me d , tha t the l e g a l l imit s h ou l d be a t such a l evel t h a t
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b e u s ed by c l ien t s f o r competitive
c rinkin � .
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peo p l e wou l d hav2 b een i n vo lve J .A