Format
Scientific article
Publication Date
Published by / Citation
Connor J, Hall W. (2018). Thresholds for safer alcohol use might need lowering. The Lancet , Volume 391 , Issue 10129 , 1460 - 1461 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30545-2
Original Language

English

Keywords
alcohol
threshold
low risk

Thresholds for Safer Alcohol Use Might Need Lowering

Summary

Guidelines for levels of alcohol use that pose a low risk to drinkers' health are provided by many countries, usually based on meta-analyses of epidemiological studies.1–3 However, to devise such guidelines is challenging because alcohol is linked to poor health in various and complex ways. Injury, suicide, and assault, for example, are associated with drinking to intoxication, whereas regular alcohol consumption increases the risks of liver cirrhosis, gastrointestinal diseases, cardiovascular disease, dementia, and some types of cancer.