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By Miriam Stoppard Large wine glasses, which I first noticed in the US, have always struck me as a touch overindulgent. But would you believe that smaller wine glasses can help curb drinking? A Cambridge University study has found removing the largest glasses in bars – in most cases the 250ml ones – can reduce the average amount of wine sold by just under 8%. It’s not that big a change, but offering only 175ml glasses could nudge customers to drink less alcohol, claim the researchers. Alcohol consumption is the fifth largest cause of premature death and disease worldwide. In 2016 it caused app…