Minimum price for Alcohol in Scotland

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Bmblbzzz
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Re: Minimum price for Alcohol in Scotland

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irc wrote:Moderate drinking is not harmful and has some benefits.

True, probably. The point at which the harm outweighs the good (from a purely medical pov) is probably lower than most people recognise though.
Cyril Haearn
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Re: Minimum price for Alcohol in Scotland

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irc wrote:
Cyril Haearn wrote:Maybe lessons could be learnt from the successful anti-smoking laws


They are not the same thing. Moderate drinking is not harmful and has some benefits. Drinking in an enclosed space doesn't affect anyone else. Any level of regular smoking is harmful.

the risk of death declines substantially at low levels of alcohol consumption and then rises, but it does not reach the level of a teetotaller until the person is consuming somewhere between 40 and 60 grams of alcohol a day, which is to say between 35 and 50 units a week.


https://health.spectator.co.uk/the-grea ... -drinking/


Oh dear, I gave up alcohol in 1990. I am dead healthy now but.. Should I maybe take up drinking again, moderately? Trouble is, I cycle or drive almost every day
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