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February 5th, 2012 
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Two million leaflets will be sent to health professionals to get drinkers to cut down on alcohol
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Drinkers will be told to have alcohol-free days and not drink at home before going out
By
David Baker
Last updated at 10:28 AM on 5th February 2012
Warning: A new advertising campaign will warn that drinking two large glasses of wine a day triples the risk of mouth cancer
Drinking two large glasses of wine or two strong pints of beer a day triples the risk of developing mouth cancer, according to a new Government campaign.
New adverts aim to show that drinking just over the recommended daily limit for alcohol increases the risk of serious health problems.
Under the Change4Life banner the new adverts will also inform people about a new online calculator to work out how much they are drinking.
NHS recommendations state men should not
regularly drink more than three to four units a day, while women should
not regularly drink more than two to three.
Two million leaflets will be made available to Change4Life supporters and health professionals across England to get the message across.
Drinkers will be encouraged to cut down through measures such as having alcohol-free days, not drinking at home before going out, swapping to low or alcohol-free drinks and using smaller glasses.
The campaign follows a survey of more than 2,000 people which found 85 per cent do not realise drinking over recommended limits increases the risk of developing breast cancer.
Some 65 per cent were unaware it increases the risk of bowel cancer, 63 per cent did not know about a raised risk of pancreatitis and 59 per cent had no idea excess drinking increases the risk of mouth, throat and neck cancer.
More than 30 per cent did not realise that drinking just over the limits increases the risk of high blood pressure while 37 per cent did not were unaware it can impact on fertility.
Campaign: Two million leaflets will be distributed to health professionals across the UK in a bid to encourage drinkers to cut down on their alcohol intake
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley said ‘It’s crucial we support people to know about how drinking too much poses risks to their health and how they can take control of their drinking.
‘It can be easy to slip into the habit of having a few extra drinks each day, especially when drinking at home. But there can be serious health risks.
‘Don’t let drinking sneak up on you.
‘Change4Life is a fantastic, well-known campaign that has already helped a million families around the country. I want to expand it beyond eating well and moving more, so people look after themselves and really do live longer.’
The issue of how to tackle alcohol abuse has proved controversial for the Government.
Last year, six major health organisations refused to back the public health responsibility deal, saying the Government was allowing the drinks industry to dictate health policy.
Concern: People drinking more than two strong pints of beer a day triple their risk of developing mouth cancer according to health experts
Under the deal, drink producers and retailers, including Diageo, Carlsberg and Majestic Wine, have pledged to provide clear unit labelling, support awareness campaigns and develop a new sponsorship code on responsible drinking.
But Alcohol Concern, the British Medical Association (BMA), the Royal College of Physicians, the British Association for the Study of the Liver, the British Liver Trust and the Institute of Alcohol Studies refused to support the deal.
Don Shenker, chief executive of Alcohol Concern, said it represented ‘the worst possible deal for everyone who wants to see alcohol harm reduced’, with no sanctions if industry failed to meet the pledges, while the BMA said the Government had ‘chosen to rely on the alcohol industry to develop policies’.
Today, Alcohol Concern welcomed the new campaign but said ‘to a great extent this is the easy bit’.
Emily Robinson, Alcohol Concern’s director of campaigns, added ‘It’s great to see the Government tackling the problem of alcohol and investing in a campaign to warn people of the dangers of drinking too much.
‘But telling people they could be drinking too much can’t be our only solution to the country’s alcohol problem.
‘We also need to see minimum alcohol pricing brought in as soon as possible, as well as making sure high quality services are available for people who may have developed a serious alcohol problem.”
Sarah Lyness, executive director of policy and information at Cancer Research UK, said ‘Alcohol can increase the risk of seven types of cancer, including two of the commonest kinds – breast and bowel cancers.
‘And a recent study showed that nearly 12,500 cancers in the UK each year are caused by alcohol.
‘The risk of cancer starts to go up even at quite low levels of drinking, but the more people cut back on alcohol, the more they can reduce the risk.’
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Telling us what to drink again…. Do these people really think they get listened to.
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With many morehugely important problems to tackle it amazes me how politiciansstill have time to want to micro manage every facet of our lives. If no one smoked or drank or whatever the next campaign will be are they are saying that no one would succumb to these diseases? If they are they are lying, if they are not what is the point other than well paid jobs for the whiners!
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Some 65 per cent were unaware it increases the risk of bowel cancer, 63 per cent did not know about a raised risk of pancreatitis and 59 per cent had no idea excess drinking increases the risk of mouth, throat and neck cancer. However, well over 90% of the people who took part in the survey, said they’d read about the dangers of drinking, and would be prepared to give up reading……
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Right, so one glass of red wine a day used to be good for me but now I must have two alcohol free days a week and if I have two glasses a day I may develop mouth cancer. If I walk in front of a bus I may die! When is this big brother state going to wake up and smell the roses!!! Oh no, sorry, we need a health and safety report before we can go near the roses!!!! Get off our backs and use all the money from these ridiculous campaigns to support the failing health service.
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Thats ok, I drink a lot more than two
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Today, in this very same paper, another article claims that a pint of beer each day is good for you.
I’m confused.
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More bovine excreta, but then again it could be true with all of the chemicals that are used today in making wine. We’d be better off if we all start drinking organic wine.
Not all wines are the same!
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Triples the ridsk – but what is the risk level any way? Articles like this just grab headlines. How many people a year die from mouth cancer?
Sensationalist articles like this help nobody. More people probably die in a year on the roads or from knife crime than from mouth cancer!
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And the health guidance for this week from the Nanny State is ………. Good health guidance has now got about the same credibility as the weather forecast. Most of us have got enough common sense to live in moderation, take some exercise, enjoy the occasional bit of over indulgence and quite happily live out our 3 score years and ten. Those not possessed of this common sense will never be reached by the Lifestyle Police, so lets end this farce and put these precious resources to better use.
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It wasn’t long ago that the “experts” were telling us that drinking a couple of glasses of red wine was benificial to health. Personally without my daily glass of wine I doubt that I would live longer but it would certainly seem longer.
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