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You’re About to Hear More About the Evils of Big Alcohol. Here's Why

It’s not just the drink itself being demonised, but the companies who make it

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Felicity Carter
Jan 07, 2025
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Academics and lobbyists who spend their days thinking about alcohol policy have a big problem: they have a completely different way of looking at alcohol harms than the general public.

This means there’s no popular support for the alcohol control measures they’re pushing.

So the public health lobby has put a lot of thought and research money into how they can get the public to come around to their point of view — and they may have found the answer.

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