If the government set a MUP at 50p, it wouldn't affect pubs or bars and would have no impact
on moderate drinkers; the average cost would be # 4 per year and 90 per cent would not be affected at all, the research shows.
When the government says it is concerned about the impact of MUP
on moderate drinkers, they are simply repeating propaganda which has been put out by the drinks industry to try and preserve the huge profits they are making from people drinking at really dangerous levels.
She said many failed to understand the limited impact minimum pricing would have
on moderate drinkers.
Not exact matches
«Sunrise belongs to
moderate drinkers» will be executed through the use of various online and offline media channels, with strong emphasis
on social media.
Hale (2010) then goes
on to state, «Other studies have suggested psycho - motor delay in infants of
moderate drinkers (2 + drinks daily), and to, «avoid breastfeeding for at least 2 - 3 hours after
moderate drinking of alcohol» (p. 382).
«A lot of this response is based
on a misunderstanding of how minimum pricing works,» she said, claiming an introduction of the pricing rules would result in a
moderate drinker seeing their annual alcohol bill rise by just # 11.81.
In contrast, low risk
moderate drinkers were paying
on average # 1.10 per unit.
The scientists found that
moderate drinkers lived longer than abstainers, and that wine
drinkers did indeed live longer
on average than people who consumed other kinds of alcohol.
In a recent study in BMJ of over 3,500 men and women, Doty, Harvard's Gang Liu and their colleagues found that many heavy
drinkers had impaired taste but not smell, while most light to
moderate drinkers were left unscathed and even fared better
on smell tests than people who didn't drink.
If you're a
moderate beer
drinker, then the light beer variation might be a good choice for you, if you're
on a diet.
There was an article posted in the NY Times last year, basically reviewing some new science
on the difference in longevity between different groups of people: non
drinkers,
moderate drinkers, heavy
drinkers.
As I found when I posted new study this
on facebook —
Moderate alcohol consumption as risk factor for adverse brain outcomes and cognitive decline — many social
drinkers also get upset when you point out research like this because they don't want to have to give it up.
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Moderate drinkers are those who drank more than three drinks a week,
on average.