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ALCOHOL: A LEADING CAUSE OF ILLNESS AND DEATH IN ONTARIO
ALCOHOL'S CONTRIBUTION TO CANCER
Ontario: the best province for alcohol control… Source: Reducing Alcohol-Related Harms and Costs in Ontario: A Provincial Summary Report. Norman Giesbrecht and Ashley Wettlaufer Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, June, 2013
… with the expected outcome (so far) Source: Reducing Alcohol-Related Harms and Costs in Ontario: A Provincial Summary Report. Norman Giesbrecht and Ashley Wettlaufer Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, June, 2013
… BUT THE INDUSTRY HAS BEEN ACTIVE
RECENT PROVINCIAL POLICY DIRECTION
So what is “low(er) Risk drinking”?
More Higher risk drinking in Simcoe Muskoka
Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral
“health benefit” of low volume drinking revisited Source: Stockwell et al. Do “Moderate” Drinkers Have Reduced Mortality Risk? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Alcohol Consumption and All-Cause Mortality. Journal Of Studies On Alcohol And Drugs / March 2016.
THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CANCER CONTROL ARE MORE STRINGENT One less drink per day than the LRADG (with none preferred) “If alcoholic beverages are consumed, limit consumption to no more than two drinks per day for men and one drink per day for women.” World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research – used by Canadian Partnership Against Cancer and Cancer Care Ontario