I found this pretty interesting because I fall into the category mentioned in the article, and comments about health risks are pretty meaningless to me if somebody wanted to persuade me to drink less. I'm choosing my vice, kind of like I sometimes choose to eat a potato.
But if eating a potato shamed me among the populations of people I need to respect me, as a professional (or the spouse of one) I'd probably be more cautious about getting deep into my potatoes in public, and that would represent a significant number of occasions when I dip into them freely, just as many of my drunk posting injuries (was supposed to say entries but that is hilarious so it definitely stays) have come after obligatory attendance at a professional event with an open bar where nearly everybody is drinking, at least at the level of negotiating who's giving rides to whom.
It also strikes me that these kinds of campaigns are what changes youth behavior, much more than any of the anti-drug or other anti campaigns we experienced as kids. Of course, you don't have to take my word for that because there's a lot of research. The fact that cigarette smoking has now become a social stigma as much as a cool thing is kind of amazing and will have a tremendous public health impact.
Anyway just thought it was interesting.Statistics: Posted by Phoebe — Tue Sep 18, 2018 2:39 pm
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