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Thursday, July 24, 2008

Expert view: Alcohol consumption

Many in the medical industry are worried that drinkers aren’t aware of increasing strengths of wine - not to mention bigger glasses

n the north-west of England one person is admitted to hospital with an alcohol-related illness every seven seconds so we are very clear that alcohol consumption is a significant concern. The interventions proposed today are welcome in helping to get a cultural shift in the way people consume alcohol. Part of that is to provide information but obviously it’s more than that and today’s proposals cover a whole range of things that will help people consider their personal alcohol consumption.
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