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London: Teenage girls in the U.K. have overtaken boys in levels of binge-drinking, according to figures released on Friday which will deepen concern over growing evidence that women are drinking younger and increasingly to excess. The U.K. results of an authoritative Europe-wide study of drinking, smoking and drug use among 15-and 16-year-olds — Britain's next generation of drinkers — show that 29 per cent of girls questioned admitted at least one binge-drinking experience within the previous month, compared with 25 per cent of boys. The figures, based on interviews with more than 2,000 pupils in a sample of schools in 2003, mean binge-drinking levels for boys have fallen significantly since the last study in 1999, while those among girls have continued to rise. The statistics has prompted the Prime Minister, Tony Blair, to dub binge-drinking as ``the new British disease''. Despite the statistical evidence on the changing drinking habits of women, there is still little real research into why the trend is happening. — © Guardian Newspapers Limited 2004
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