大家都知道"二手菸"有害,但你知道二手酒嗎?

It's easy to imagine how second-hand smoke can impact an innocent bystander - most of us have probably inhaled the smoke from someone else's tobacco without wanting to.

很容易想象，二手菸會影響無辜的旁人--我們中的大多數人可能非自願地吸入過二手菸。

But it's not the only habit that can affect others; 'second-hand drinking' is a thing, too.

但是不僅二手菸會影響別人，“二手酒”也會。

It's not quite as literal, as it doesn't mean the alcohol you drink will end up in the bloodstream of another.

這不完全是字面上的意思，因爲這說的不是你喝的酒會跑到別人的血液中去。

But over the years it's become increasingly clear that second-hand drinking is a significant public health issue.

但是這些年來，越來越清楚地發現，二手酒也是嚴重的公衆健康問題。

Now, a study in the United States has placed its effects on par with second-hand smoking.

目前美國的一項研究發現，二手酒與二手菸影響相同。

Using US national survey data from 2015, research has found that each year, one in five American adults - which is an estimated 53 million people - experience harm because of someone else's drinking.

通過研究2015年美國全國調查數據，研究發現每年有五分之一的美國成年人，約爲5300萬人，由於他人飲酒而遭受傷害。

These harms include things like threats or harassment, which was the most commonly cited, as well as physical aggression, drunk driving, and even financial or family problems.

這些傷害包括最常提到的威脅和騷擾，以及身體攻擊、酒駕，甚至是財政和家庭問題。

What's more, the authors found that the burden of second-hand drinking was not experienced equally.

此外，研究的作者還發現，人們對二手酒負擔的經歷也不盡相同。

Young people under the age of 25 were mostly on the receiving end, and in the year previous to the survey, some 21 percent of women and 23 percent of men said they experienced harm because of someone else's alcohol use.

不到25歲的年輕人通常是二手酒的受害者。在這項調查的前一年，約21%的女性和23%的男性稱他們由於他人的酒精攝入而遭受傷害。

For men, this harm was usually from a stranger and resulted in ruined property, vandalism, or physical aggression.

對男性來說，傷害通常來自陌生人，造成財產損失、故意破壞財物、以及身體攻擊。

But for women, the drinker tended to be a family member, causing financial issues or problems in the house.

但是對於女性來說，醉酒者通常是家庭成員，造成經濟問題或是家庭問題。