2.7 酒精的风险： 如何看待酒精这一“恶魔饮品”.docxVIP

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2.7每日一篇|熊猫外刊精读

Therisksof?alcohol：Howtothinkaboutthe?demon?drink

Health?warnings?about?alcohol?giveonlyhalfthestory.?enjoyment?mattersaswellasrisk

【1】FORMANYpeople,thenewyearbringsbothabanging?hangover?anda?solemn?resolution?nevertoget?drunk?again.Morethanadecadeago?alcohol?ChangeUK,which?campaigns?tocutdrinking,?launched?its“DryJanuary”campaign.Thisyearit?reckons?athirdofBritishmenwilltrytosticktoit.PandaForeignMagazineIntensiveReading:RespectforOriginality,PiracyMustBePunished

【2】InAmericaVivekMurthy,the?surgeon-general,isalsokeento?discourage?drinking.DrMurthyhas?recommended?placing?warnings?on?alcohol?tohighlightthefactthatitraisestheriskofsomecancers,including?breast?and?bowel?cancer.Ifso,Americacouldbecomethethirdcountry,afterSouthKoreaandIreland,torequire?labels.

【3】Drinkingalotis?indisputably?badforyou.Boozinghaslongbeen?associated?withheartattacks,liverdisease,?stroke?and?obesity.Drunksaremorelikelytogetintofightsor?accidents.?alcohol?is?addictive,andtheWorldHealthOrganisation(WHO)?blames?itforaboutonedeathin?20?aroundtheworld.Thelinkwithcancerislessfamiliartomostpeople.DrMurthy’s?statistics?suggestthatwomenwhodrink?occasionally?haveabouta?16.5%lifetimeriskofseveralcommoncancers,whereasthosewhohaveonedrinkaday—America’s?recommended?maximum—haveabouta?19%chance.

【4】Astheevidenceof?alcohol’s?harms?has?piled?up,thepublic-health?messages?havebecomestarker.TheWHOsays?flatly?thatthereis“nosafelevel”of?alcohol?consumption.America’s?guidelines?saythatthosewhodonotdrinkshouldnotstart“foranyreason”.In?2023?Canada?published?guidelines?recommending?twodrinks(roughlytwocansofbeer)aweekforthosewhowanttoremaininthe“lowrisk”category,downfrom?15?aweekformenandtenforwomen.PandaForeignMagazineIntensiveReading:RespectforOriginality,Pi