Chief Medical Officer is scaremongering with new alcohol advice
8 January 2016
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IEA reaction to new alcohol guidelines released today
Commenting on the new alcohol guidelines released today, Christopher Snowdon, Head of Lifestyle Eocnomics at the Institute of Economic Affairs, said:
“The Chief Medical Officer has focused on small increases in cancer risk while ignoring the much larger body of evidence that shows moderate drinking reduces heart disease risk and, most importantly, reduces the overall risk of death.”
“Alcohol consumption has been falling for a decade. The change to the guidelines will turn hundreds of thousands of people into ‘hazardous drinkers’ overnight thereby reviving the moral panic about drinking in Britain and opening the door to yet more nanny state interventions.”
“People deserve to get honest and accurate health advice from the Chief Medical Officer, not scaremongering.”
Notes to editors:
To arrange an interview, please contact Nerissa Chesterfield, Communications Officer: nchesterfield@iea.org.uk 020 7799 8920 or 07791 390 268.
The mission of the Institute of Economic Affairs is to improve understanding of the fundamental institutions of a free society by analysing and expounding the role of markets in solving eocnomic and social problems.
The IEA is a registered educational charity and independent of all political parties.
“The Chief Medical Officer has focused on small increases in cancer risk while ignoring the much larger body of evidence that shows moderate drinking reduces heart disease risk and, most importantly, reduces the overall risk of death.”
“Alcohol consumption has been falling for a decade. The change to the guidelines will turn hundreds of thousands of people into ‘hazardous drinkers’ overnight thereby reviving the moral panic about drinking in Britain and opening the door to yet more nanny state interventions.”
“People deserve to get honest and accurate health advice from the Chief Medical Officer, not scaremongering.”
Notes to editors:
To arrange an interview, please contact Nerissa Chesterfield, Communications Officer: nchesterfield@iea.org.uk 020 7799 8920 or 07791 390 268.
The mission of the Institute of Economic Affairs is to improve understanding of the fundamental institutions of a free society by analysing and expounding the role of markets in solving eocnomic and social problems.
The IEA is a registered educational charity and independent of all political parties.
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