Background Alcohol use has increased globally, with varying trends in different parts of the
world. This study investigates gender, age, and geographical differences in the alcohol …

Background Alcohol use is a leading risk factor for death and disability, but its overall
association with health remains complex given the possible protective effects of moderate …

Comment therapy and IHD is another sobering reminder that nonrandomised studies have
their weaknesses. After adjusting for multiple potential confounders, the nonrandomised …

The low rate of coronary heart disease (CHD) in France compared with other developed
countries with comparable dietary intake has been called the French paradox. We explored …

The alcohol-harm paradox (ie, the observation that people of low socioeconomic status
(SES) tend to experience greater alcohol-related harm than those of high SES, even when …

Reducing harm from alcohol: what about unrecorded products? Page 1 Correspondence
www.thelancet.com Vol 374 September 19, 2009 977 Authors’ reply Damian Mole and …

Despite clear evidence of the major contribution alcohol makes to the global burden of
disease and to substantial economic costs, focus on alcohol control is inadequate …

Background Alcohol consumption is proposed to be the third most important modifiable risk
factor for death and disability. However, alcohol consumption has been associated with both …

They state that we provided no chemical analysis of non-beverage alco hols and that we did
not consider the possibility that methanol poisoning might be important. In fact we did …

On Nov 28, 2014, the Chinese Govern ment introduced its first national tobacco control
guideline, which prohibits smoking in all indoor and many outdoor public places, and shows …