The anti-alcohol campaign launched by the government provides for control over the amount of consumed products containing ethyl alcohol.

In accordance with Law No. 195 on administrative offenses, every citizen is obliged to bear responsibility for drinking alcohol, as well as being drunk in a public place.

The permissible dose of alcohol in the blood must correspond to no more than 0.16 milligrams per liter of exhaled air, which is 0.3 ppm. Otherwise, a person violating this law will face an administrative fine of up to 5,000 rubles and arrest for up to 15 days.

Regarding drunk driving, the offender will face even more serious punishment.

The amount of the fine, in this case, is 30,000 rubles. And you will have to forget about your driver’s license for 1.5-2 years. An arrest of 10 to 15 days is also possible.

Alcohol intoxication

Even for a person who does not drink alcohol, a breathalyzer can show up to 0.09 ppm on the exhale. According to narcologists, this is possible. It’s another matter when the indicator is accompanied by external signs of a hangover, such as fumes, tremors, slurred speech and inappropriate behavior.

To assess the degree of intoxication, an examination of the presence of alcohol in the blood is prescribed after drinking an alcoholic drink.

There are several stages of alcohol intoxication:

An indicator up to 0.4 ppm inclusive indicates that there is no effect of ethyl alcohol on the body.

At 0.5-0.6 ppm - the stage of mild intoxication. Speech activity, slight euphoria and a feeling of tranquility are observed, which is replaced in a drunk person at 0.3 to 0.5 units by impaired concentration and vision.

How soon can you start driving? —

Below 2 ppm is expressed by emotional instability, attacks of anger or excessive joy, slurred speech and impaired coordination of movements.

Severe alcohol poisoning occurs up to 3 ppm inclusive. Motor activity changes noticeably, stupor alternates with indifference to the environment, loss of consciousness is possible. Breathing is rapid, control over urination and behavior is absent.

The dose of alcohol corresponding to lethal danger is 3, 4 or higher units. Damage to the cardiovascular and respiratory systems, unconsciousness, death.

Amount of vodka consumed in ppm

Consumers pay special attention to strong alcohol, its affordable price and long-lasting effect are superior to other alcoholic drinks.

After 1 drink, there will be about 1 ppm in the blood. After 15 minutes, this amount will decrease to 0.63 ppm. Half an hour is enough for your blood alcohol level to reach 0.44.

A different picture is observed after the first two glasses or 100 grams of vodka drunk, as indicated by 1.04 units. After 15 minutes of waiting there is a decrease to 0.67, and after another 30 minutes - to 0.55. It will take about 1.5 hours for the blood alcohol level to reach 0.49. And even 2 hours will not remove ethyl alcohol. The amount of alcohol will reach 0.42.

Many people are interested in, but if you drink a bottle of vodka, it will show how many ppm. Self-consumption of 0.33 liters of ethyl alcohol even after 12 hours will determine an unacceptable amount of 0.38 ppm.

A 0.5 liter bottle of vodka will reach 0.68 during the same time. It will take from 15 to 19 hours to completely cleanse the body.

How many ppm will the beer show?

Not inferior in popularity to strong vodka is the intoxicating alcoholic drink. If we talk about how many ppm 0.5 liters or a bottle of beer contains, then its amount will show 1.10 immediately after consumption. After half an hour it will drop by half. It will take about 2 hours and 30 minutes to completely remove this dose.

After a liter of beer, the alcohol content will be 1.23. Half an hour will reduce the ethyl alcohol content in the blood to 0.57. After 60 minutes, 0.52 units can be determined.

After 2 hours from the last use, this number will reach 0.46. And even after 3 hours of waiting, the breathalyzer will show 0.34 after beer. Only after 4 hours will the blood be completely cleared.

You can speed up the process of removing ethanol from the body if you consider that on an empty stomach you can lose only a tenth of the alcohol in an hour. A full stomach helps eliminate 50% of the drink.

How to calculate the number of ppm in the blood

You should not particularly trust and rely on sources such as a table indicating the number of ppm, especially on the eve of taking a blood test for the presence of alcohol. The data will be reliable in a healthy person who has consumed one, and not many types of alcoholic beverages.

It is necessary to take into account the regularity and duration of administration. In order not to be mistaken about how much alcohol you can drink, it is better to calculate the amount yourself.

We determine the permissible norm of ppm in the blood using the formula developed by Eric Widmark, where “c” is the alcohol concentration, “A” is the grams of alcohol, and “m” is the person’s weight. The “r” value for women is 0.6, for men - 0.7 ppm.

C=A/(m×r)

For example, if a man weighing 60 kg drank 100 grams of vodka the day before, then the alcohol concentration in his blood will be 0.42 ppm.

In order to find out what the permissible alcohol limit is suitable for an individual, another equation is used:

A = c × m × r2

Thanks to this formula, it is easy to find out whether it is worth drinking at all. It is also worth considering the fact that every hour only 0.15 mg of one liter of blood leaves the body. From 0.27 to 3 it lasts for about another day.

Therefore, if you are not sure that the calculations are correct, it is better to give up alcohol. It is very difficult to fool modern breathalyzers.

Promille is a unit for determining the amount of alcohol in the blood. One unit of ppm is a thousandth of a substance, a tenth of a percent of a liquid. There is a significant difference between the body of a man and a woman when identifying this indicator. How much is ppm? This question interests many.

Designation and calculation

The ppm sign looks like this - ‰. It is often confused with the percentage sign, which is a mistake.

• 1 ‰ = 0.1% = 1/1000 = 0.001.
• 100 ‰ = 10% = 0.1.
• 200 ‰ = 20% = 200/1000 = 0.2.

30 minutes after consumption, the maximum concentration of alcohol can be detected in the human body.

Permille is an indicator that provides information about:

• alcohol content at a certain point in time;
• volume of different types of drinks;
• the time it takes for alcohol to leave the body.

The result will depend on the following parameters:

• weight, gender, age of a person;
• percentage of fluid relative to the weight of the human body;
• the volume of alcohol that was taken.

So, how much is ppm?

Stages of intoxication

The stages of intoxication vary depending on the alcohol consumed. The first is characterized by only mild intoxication, moderate severity will be observed in the second, severe degree appears in the third stage of intoxication. The last stage is life-threatening, as coma and even death can develop.

A lethal dose for a person will be:

• 4-8 gr. ethyl alcohol per 1 kg of weight for an adult;
• 3 gr. per 1 kg of weight of adolescents, sick and elderly people.

• up to 0.3% - no influence of alcohol;
• 0.3-0.5% - the influence is rather weak;
• 0.5-1.5% means mild;
• 1.5-2.5% - average degree;
• 2.5-3% - strong stage;
• 3-5% - a severe stage, in which coma and even death may occur;
• 5-6% means a lethal dose.

Permille, which is allowed

What is permitted ppm? This is the amount at which it is still acceptable to drive.

At what amount of alcohol will it be safe to drink? The driver's behavior and reaction will differ depending on the ppm:

• 0.1-0.6 ppm. The moving light source appears blurry. Poor assessment of the situation. The driving style becomes risky, the speed most often exceeds the permissible limits, and the driver can harm others.
• 0.6-0.9 ppm. The distance assessment is incorrect, imbalance occurs, and assessment of the situation is difficult. The driver does not adequately assess lighting, distance, signals from other cars and traffic lights.
• 0.9-1.3 ppm. Alcohol has a relaxing effect. There is a decrease in the angle of vision, with a weak and incorrect perception of the surrounding reality. Concentration is completely absent; a high degree of intoxication makes the driver dangerous to others, including himself.
• 1.3-2.5 ppm. Maintaining consciousness is difficult, driving a car is out of the question. Impaired vision, reaction, orientation in space.

The permitted ppm is 0.1 units or less.

Signs of intoxication

A person is considered drunk if there are a number of signs. This:

• strong odor of alcohol from the mouth;
• unstable posture, pronounced trembling of the fingers;
• speech impairment, behavior inappropriate to the environment;
• sudden changes in skin color (redness, paleness);
• sudden incorrect movements, inappropriate behavior.

How to determine the ppm permissible when drinking alcohol?

The ratio of the amount of ppm in the blood and signs of behavior at a certain stage of intoxication will be as follows.

At an alcohol level of 0.010-0.030, behavior will be normal, with hidden disorders that can only be determined by special means; this stage of intoxication is considered mild.

At an alcohol level of 0.031-0.060, behavior is characterized by mild euphoria, talkativeness, relaxation, a decrease in the level of restraint with a decrease in concentration, mild intoxication becomes medium.

At an alcohol level of 0.061-0.1, behavior is characterized by extroversion, dulling of all sensations, severe disinhibition, impaired perception and reasoning, poor pupil reaction to light appears, this is still an average degree of intoxication.

At an alcohol level of 0.11-0.2, behavior is characterized by frenzy, anger, strong changes in emotions, expressiveness, reflexes, articulate speech, control over behavior, motor skills are impaired, intoxication occurs with a high probability, and the degree of intoxication is strong.

At an alcohol level of 0.21-0.30, the behavior is characterized by stupor, possible loss of consciousness, weakening of all sensations, memory, consciousness, and motor skills are impaired, the stage of intoxication is very strong, and poisoning occurs.

At a level of 0.31-0.40, behavior is characterized by loss of consciousness, severe depression of the central nervous system, death can occur, control, heartbeat, breathing, balance are impaired, intoxication occurs with severe intoxication.

At a level of 0.41-0.51, behavior is characterized by loss of consciousness, control may be lost, breathing and heartbeat are disturbed, nystagmus appears, severe intoxication is dangerous to human life.

At a level greater than 0.51, severe poisoning of the body occurs with a fatal outcome.

Lethal dose: is there a clear answer?

Permille is an indicator that can help determine the lethal dose.

In each individual case, its indicators differ. It is difficult even for a doctor to clearly determine this. So how much alcohol can you drink, and how much will be dangerous for a person?

We have already looked at these indicators in numbers. 6-8 ppm will be a lethal dose for an adult, 2.5 ppm means severe intoxication. But it is more convenient for the average person to count in liters.

So, the ppm rate is known.

If you drink one bottle of vodka for an adult, you will get exactly 2.5 ppm. And if you take three half-liter bottles, it will already be a lethal dose. But it must be taken into account that a person must consume this alcohol in about an hour. But if you stretch out alcohol for a long time, especially with a snack and active movements, then there will be no death, but only severe intoxication.

Wine and beer have a lower alcohol concentration. To get a lethal dose, you need to drink a lot. When you drink a large amount, the body reacts in the form of vomiting, so some of the alcohol is eliminated from the body. The lethal dose directly depends on weight, age, gender and chronic diseases.

Thus, ppm is a unit of measurement of blood alcohol content, a very informative indicator.

An individual table of the maximum possible time for alcohol removal from the body for most common alcoholic beverages. Calculations are carried out using the formula of Erik Mateo Prohet Widmark (Widmark Erik M. P.) with an accuracy of 99%.

Unlike most found on the Internet, our table is compiled for a specific person, taking into account his gender, height and weight, based on the algorithm of a professional alcohol calculator.

Attention! Calculations are carried out by you at your own peril and risk. The results of calculations cannot serve as evidence in court, be the basis for lawsuits or other claims, or be used as any evidence, as well as to challenge the results of laboratory determination of ethanol concentration in blood and urine.

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Permissible alcohol limit while driving

The permissible limit of alcohol while driving in ppm () is:

• - in Russia - 0.32 *,
• - in Ukraine - 0.2 **.

The Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation* states: “The fact of the use of substances that cause alcoholic intoxication is determined by the presence of absolute ethyl alcohol in a concentration exceeding the possible total measurement error, namely 0.16 milligrams per liter of exhaled air».

The rate of ethyl alcohol is indicated for exhaled air in mg/l.

0.16 mg/l in exhaled air = 0.32 in blood

* Full name of the document establishing the level of alcohol in the driver’s blood: Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of June 26, 2008 No. 475 (as amended on November 18, 2013) “On approval of the Rules for examining a person who drives a vehicle for alcohol intoxication and recording its results, sending the specified person for a medical examination for intoxication, a medical examination of this person for intoxication and recording its results and rules for determining the presence of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances in the human body when conducting a medical examination for intoxication of a person who drives a vehicle.”

** Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, the Ministry of Health Protection of Ukraine, dated 9 June 2009, No. 400/666 (from amendments and additions made by order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, the Ministry of Health Protection of Ukraine Yini vid 10 lipnya 2015 roku No. 843/ 423): “2.7. The establishment of alcohol control is subject to review, which is carried out consistently with strict instructions from the authorized persons of the State Inspectorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the patrol service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs with the help of special technical devices, display Nicknames of some of them after the test was carried out in the vidihuvannom povitri loom a digital display of more than 0.2 ppm to alcohol in blood."

Removing alcohol from the body

The removal of ethyl alcohol from the blood is a natural process that occurs at a certain speed. The average time for elimination of ethanol in the blood is 0.15/hour, but in 99% of cases it ranges from 0.1/hour. up to 0.2/hour. We take the concentration of alcohol in the blood after drinking alcohol in ppm, divide it by the rate of elimination and get the result.

But it's not that simple. First, it is necessary to correctly calculate this concentration, since not all ethanol enters the blood from the stomach and intestines. And take into account the time required to absorb alcohol. More details

To drink or not to drink and drive is a question that always sounds relevant. How it is allowed, how many ppm are allowed according to the norms of the new law in 2019 - is described in the article.

In Latin, permille literally means “per thousand.” This is one thousandth or one tenth of a percent.

This unit is designated “‰” and serves, among other things, to determine the amount of alcohol contained in:

• blood;
• urine;
• vapors exhaled by humans.

The ratio between milligrams per liter and ppm is 0.45.

1 ‰ = 0.45 mg/l.

How to measure it

There are two common methods:

1. When the presence of alcohol in the air mass exhaled by a person into a special tube is determined.
2. When the blood alcohol level is detected. A driver suspected of drinking alcohol is sent to a medical facility, where blood is drawn from a vein.

In both cases, breathalyzers are used with a small error of 0.05 ‰.

New legislative norms are drawn up taking into account the permissible error that may arise:

• when taking alcohol-containing products;
• due to the presence of endogenous alcohol in the body.

On a note! Endogenous alcohol is the presence of ethanol (monohydric alcohol) inside a person. Fermentation constantly occurs in the gastrointestinal tract. With the help of microbes, sugar breaks down, resulting in the formation of alcohol. It is absorbed by the mucous membrane and enters the liver with the blood. The alcohol concentration is quite high. It is 0.04-0.15 ml per 100 ml. This is mainly due to fermented milk products and bacterial fermentation products.

The 2nd method provides the greatest objectivity. It is he who is the source of information entered into the protocol, which subsequently serves as an evidence base.

What is the norm

According to Art. 12.8 of the Code of Administrative Offenses, before driving a vehicle, during driving and after an accident, you must not take substances that contribute to intoxication.

In this case, administrative liability threatens a person with a concentration of ethyl alcohol per 1 liter of exhaled gases that exceeds the permissible error. Its value is expressed as 0.16 mg, which is 0.356 ‰. For comparison, in 2013 it was 0.01 mg.

About what it is ppm alcohol, we often hear, however, not everyone knows how to correctly understand acceptable standards. What alcohol limit is permissible for a driver?

When driving while intoxicated, the driver faces not only a fine of 30 thousand rubles, but also deprivation of his license for 1.5 - 2 years (Articles 12.27 and 12.8 of the Administrative Code). Moreover, from year to year, liability for violation of these points becomes more stringent. If the driver gets caught a second time, the driver will have to pay 50 thousand rubles and give up driving for 3 years. The public unanimously agrees that driving while intoxicated is terrible, however, they agree on what is acceptable norm ppmille can not.

How much is it allowed to drink and drive?

In some countries, moderate drinking while driving is legal. Small amounts of alcohol can even be contained in many foods, so even an avid teetotaler may have alcohol readings. This effect is achieved by fermented kefir or kvass, carbonated drinks, berries and fruits, etc. Some number of ppm may appear precisely after consuming such products, and this is already a reason for the traffic police officer to apply severe punishment, although in fact there is no reason for it.

The use of certain medications is also dangerous in this regard - for a certain period of time they increase the alcohol content in the blood. Even simple heart drops (Corvalol, valerian, etc.) have a similar effect, so using them before a trip can cause a positive breathalyzer reaction. In this case, it is necessary to appeal by law (Article 12.8 of the Code of Administrative Offences, note): the driver is prohibited from using any substances that lead to intoxication, and these are drugs, alcohol, toxicological and psychotropic drugs. Therefore, liability for violating the law occurs only when the presence of ethyl alcohol in a concentration higher than 0.16 mg/liter in the driver’s exhaled air is established, and the presence of psychotropic substances is proven by the results of urine and blood tests.

The picture shows drinks that after a certain time will give 0.3 ppm in the driver's blood. The law does not provide that the breathalyzer readings must be confirmed in any other way, for example, lack of coordination, unsteady gait, etc. Medical examination does not require clinical confirmation of the results. That is, the rule of law requires complete sobriety from the driver - there are no gradations and discounts regarding tonic low-alcohol drinks (beer and “energy drinks”), which are recognized in many countries. A threshold of 0.16 mg/liter completely eliminates problems with errors in the readings of the device, and also eliminates errors with natural doses of alcohol in the readings.

Rosstandart established the specified alcohol standards based on numerous studies - both theoretical and practical. The indicators of different types of breathalyzers are also taken into account. Most measuring instruments give an error in the range of 0.03-0.04 mg/l. The remaining margin of acceptable values ​​is a “discount” for the influence of a number of other external conditions (presence of alcohol vapor in the environment, humidity, air temperature, etc.). The lower threshold of the study was the same during all studies - regardless of the type of breathalyzer, it was equal to 0.16 mg/l.

A few words about ppm.

Permille is a unit of change in alcohol concentration. There is also "milligram per liter", but "ppm" is more often used in international practice. If mg/l is a unit that shows the concentration of alcohol in the air, then ppm allows you to determine the alcohol content in the blood. Researchers have proven that there is a strictly proportional relationship between the volume of alcohol in the lung air and its content in the blood. That is, mg/l and ppm are different physical units, different parameters, but they have a close relationship with each other. If a person's blood contains 1 ppm of alcohol, this means that the alcohol concentration in his body is 0.45 mg/l. Thus, constant ppm ratio and mg/l is 1:0.45. Thus, the permissible dose threshold is 0.35 ppm.

There are devices that can give readings in both ppm and mg/l. However, when drawing up acts in such cases, mg/l is indicated - this is required by law.

An erroneous conclusion about the driver’s condition can occur even after a medical examination, which is carried out using special instruments. In this case, the problem is resolved in court.

How much do you need to drink to reach 0.3 ppm of alcohol?

The usual shot of vodka gives an alcohol consumption of 40 grams. In the blood it is absorbed in the form of 0.5-0.6‰ (ppm). Alcohol oxidation in the body occurs at a rate of about 7 - 10 g/hour, that is, the decrease will be 0.1-0.16‰. Thus, it takes about 4 - 5 hours for this stack to completely disappear from the body.

About 0.5‰ of alcohol content in the blood is also given by 0.5 liters of beer or 1 glass of dry wine for a man weighing 80 kg. In order to reduce the level to 0.3‰, it takes a little more than an hour. The lower the body weight, the higher the concentration of alcohol in the blood will be when consuming the same amount of alcohol.

Alcohol oxidation, by the way, occurs not only in the stomach, but also in the liver. Therefore, in the case of a snack after drinking, the process of assimilation of alcohol into the blood slows down, that is, its maximum concentration in the blood also becomes less. If you drink on an empty stomach and do not have a snack, then the absorption of alcohol occurs quickly, and its content in the blood is maximum. Carbonated drinks are absorbed faster.

It is worth noting that a woman’s body is much more susceptible to alcohol. The same dose of alcohol affects representatives of different sexes of the same weight differently: a woman gets drunk faster and comes down slower.

Thus, before the trip, drinking alcohol is allowed, but at least 4 hours are needed for it to completely disappear - this is provided that no more than the indicated doses are used. Adjustments should also be made for medications and snacks. In this case, the meeting with the traffic police inspector will be absolutely safe and will not end in trouble.