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Thursday, December 20, 2007

News Release - Top doctors call for tougher measures to reduce alcohol-related harm
Editorial: Reducing the harms of alcohol in the UK

Doctors writing in this week’s Christmas issue of the BMJ call on the government to introduce tougher measures to reduce alcohol related harm.

Ian Gilmore, President of the Royal College of Physicians and Nick Sheron, a liver specialist at Southampton University Hospital argue that measures favoured by the government and the alcohol industry – namely education and public information – have not generally been shown to change drinking behaviour or to reduce harm.

Instead proven measures, such as increasing the price of alcohol, banning alcohol advertising, and reducing the availability of alcohol, should be considered.
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