To combat binge drinking, the UK will crack down on bars and ban drinking games such as “the dentist‘s chair.”
It’s very different from the dentist’s chair at your office… this one is a drinking game that involves other people pouring alcohol straight down your throat.
This “dentist’s chair” achieved fame when soccer player Paul Gascoigne was photographed doing it at the Euro 96 championship.
Additional rules will ban all-you-can-drink promotions and speed-drinking competitions, require tap water to be available free of charge and mandating more ID checks.
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