While hospital admissions for alcohol-related diseases were still high, Prof Maryon-Davis said, there was no room for complacency.
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County cabinet member for highways and transport, Councillor Mike Maryon, said the figure had halved from the previous year.
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Professor Alan Maryon-Davis, president of the Faculty of Public Health, welcomed the vision, saying public health chiefs were keen to meet the challenge.