A new group that aims to 'give the public a voice in the debate on moderate drinking' has launched as new research on the revised guidelines, drinking in pregnancy and cancer warnings hit the headlines.
Drinkers' Voice labels itself as a consumer organisation and says 'the anti-alcohol lobby has dominated the conversation on alcohol and your health, resulting in misleading statistics and scaremongering news headlines'. A poll commissioned by the organisation was reported as finding 70% of drinkers ignore the UK guidelines, though a new study out today suggests whilst 71% of drinkers were aware of them existing, just 8% knew what the actual recommended amounts were.
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