
S3 Professor David Nutt: ‘If anyone ever criticises or comments on your drinking, take it seriously'
How Do You Cope? …with Elis and John
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Drinking Wine
There's a fundamental difference between the pub in Northern Europe and they don't really have pubs, they just drink it home. We're losing the social environment in which to drink sensibly and safely. And that is why we've got a rising tide of harms and health harms from alcohol. When I was an undergraduate, drinking wine was something that very rich people did. Now, wine drinking is something that most people kind of do if they don't think about it. They do it at most meals in the evening. A bottle of wine a day, at least four years off your life, over 40 year lifespan. If you're doing that seven nights a week, that's five times higher
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