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Friday, June 5, 2009

Alcohol and pregnancy message


The documents and emails released to the applicant on 4 June 2009, relate to the policy process, in 2006/7, by which the UK Chief Medical Officers decided to have a single message on alcohol and pregnancy, and what that message should be. The papers explore different options for the wording of the message on alcohol and pregnancy, including a shorter message to be printed on alcohol containers.


The current published alcohol and pregnancy message which emerged from the 2006 policy development process in question is as follows:
'As a general rule, pregnant women or women trying to conceive should avoid drinking alcohol. If they do choose to drink, to protect the baby they should not drink more than 1 to 2 units of alcohol once or twice a week and should not get drunk.


This advice can be summarised (for example, on containers of alcohol) as: "Avoid alcohol while pregnant or trying to conceive" '.





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