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  from the guardian.
  
  The French call it le binge drinking and consider it one of the more obnoxious imports from across the Channel.
  Now officials in Lyon have introduced a night time ban on retail sales of alcohol to combat what is seen as a nasty Anglo-Saxon habit sweeping France.
  From Monday, shops throughout the city will be banned from selling alcohol between 10pm and 6am in an effort to limit public drunkenness. The ban will not apply to bars, restaurants or nightclubs.
  
  Until five years ago, the French viewed binge drinking as a phenomenon largely limited to the UK and Scandinavian countries.
  This is reflected by the use of the English term, which is widespread and appears not to have been censored by the Académie Française, the body guarding the French language. The official translation is intoxication alcoolique aigue (severe alcoholic intoxication).
  
  Now, France is being forced to admit it has a growing problem. The French national institute for health education (INPES) has launched a campaign called BoireTrop (OverDrink) to warn of the dangers of excessive drinking. INPES says alcohol is responsible for about 45,000 deaths in France every year.
  A World Health Organisation report in 2010 showed the French to be the fourth biggest consumers of alcohol in Europe, based on 2005 figures, behind Estonia, the Czech Republic and Ireland. Britain was 13th

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