That is the message behind a well-timed alcohol awareness campaign launched by the Scottish Government yesterday and aimed principally at women. Two generations ago women barely featured in statistics for alcohol-related disease and mortality. Historically, there was a greater sense of shame about women drinking and getting drunk but, as that stigma has faded, the numbers of women suffering serious health consequences from over-indulgence, including liver disease and breast cancer, have ballooned alarmingly.
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Alcohol campaign with women firmly in its sights
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That is the message behind a well-timed alcohol awareness campaign launched by the Scottish Government yesterday and aimed principally at women. Two generations ago women barely featured in statistics for alcohol-related disease and mortality. Historically, there was a greater sense of shame about women drinking and getting drunk but, as that stigma has faded, the numbers of women suffering serious health consequences from over-indulgence, including liver disease and breast cancer, have ballooned alarmingly.
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