The Surgeon General wants everyone to know how much alcohol use increases cancer risk. Here are my suggestions about how to explain this to young people.
Great article. I do hate that the cancer issue will not likely make a difference to teens but it is still important they know. I’ve done episodes on the drinking with parents issue and just wrote a recent article here about it. It’s a huge problem (and really blows my mind).
This is excellent information. We owe it to our children to present the facts clearly. Not just our own outdated assumptions. In the UK, over 50s are some of the heaviest drinkers, so what chance to their teens have?
As a retired drinker myself, I do feel we need to get more open and honest about the dangers and adverse effects of alcohol. However, I don't think the cancer risk is the watershed moment to change everyone's behavior.
I'd like to see more discussion and research into how drastically even moderate habitual drinking impacts day to day life. Like how profoundly it impacts some of our brains and daily functions and life goals.
Great article. I do hate that the cancer issue will not likely make a difference to teens but it is still important they know. I’ve done episodes on the drinking with parents issue and just wrote a recent article here about it. It’s a huge problem (and really blows my mind).
This is excellent information. We owe it to our children to present the facts clearly. Not just our own outdated assumptions. In the UK, over 50s are some of the heaviest drinkers, so what chance to their teens have?
As a retired drinker myself, I do feel we need to get more open and honest about the dangers and adverse effects of alcohol. However, I don't think the cancer risk is the watershed moment to change everyone's behavior.
I'd like to see more discussion and research into how drastically even moderate habitual drinking impacts day to day life. Like how profoundly it impacts some of our brains and daily functions and life goals.