I was just wondering if someone was very intoxicated, could their breath cause someone else to be a little intoxicated? I know that second-hand smoke is bad, but what about second hand alcohol?
2007-03-05 09:52:14 · 15 answers · asked by Mom-of-three 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
if someone very intoxicated (like an alcoholic grandparent) were to hold (and therefore breath on ) a small child.
2007-03-05 10:00:42 · update #1
No, alcohol needs to be absorbed by the blood to be intoxicated. The reading scale for drunks is the BAC blood alcohol concentration. The alcohol needs to be in the blood. Breathing it Will no do it!
2007-03-05 09:58:37 · answer #1 · answered by marcio c 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A person could drink all day and still not breath on you and get you drunk. Most states say you're drunk if your blood alcohol level is .04. Depending on your body weight that could be between 2 and 4 beers or 1 or 2 shots. The alcohol has to be ingested to enter the blood stream. If you were breathing in an atmosphere with that much alcohol, you wouldn't have to worry about being drunk, just dead.
2007-03-05 19:10:20 · answer #2 · answered by Daystar 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Unless the person is breathing down your throat for a really long time. Or if you are so sensitive to alcohol it only takes a drop the size of pin head to make you intoxicated.
2007-03-05 17:57:06 · answer #3 · answered by Dappa D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. The odor is not alcohol. A person who is intoxicated by alcohol exhales an odor that is a result of a high amount of acetaldehyde in their system. Acetaldehyde is produced as a result of the liver's function breaking down the alcohol.
2007-03-05 18:00:33 · answer #4 · answered by Double O 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope, not at all. There isn't sufficient alcohol in their breath to get anybody, no matter how small, intoxicated. It just smells nasty, that's all.
2007-03-05 19:39:02 · answer #5 · answered by Trid 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it doesn't work that way with alcohol, thank goodness. It just FEELS toxic when you smell their breath.
2007-03-05 17:57:15 · answer #6 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Drink water and chew on some rice cakes
2007-03-05 18:14:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but if they are drunk enough, drinking their blood can make you intoxicated.
2007-03-05 18:00:04 · answer #8 · answered by Clown Knows 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely not. That's just an "Old Wives Tale"
2007-03-05 17:56:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, don't think so...at least it never happened to me.
2007-03-05 18:00:57 · answer #10 · answered by KoKo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋