Clinical Medicine 2020 – putting policy into practice

摘要

The distinct place of a general medical journal such as is that we can include an article like the review by Hydes looking at the relationship between alcohol consumption and risk of cancer. It is a continuing curiosity that there exist different attitudes towards the regulation of the tobacco and alcohol industries. This may reflect the differences in the lay perception of the cancer risks caused by smoking compared with alcohol. The authors have therefore posited a question to help quantify the carcinogenic risk of alcohol: how many cigarettes are there in a bottle of wine? Do read the article for the answer.