The Observer this week highlighted, yet another warning from the government that the way we lives our lives is wrong. Dawn Primarolo, the Public Health Minister has warned women aged 30 to 50 that they are drinking so much it is damaging their health. Possibly leading to breast cancer or liver damage.
Wine glasses are now bigger and wine is getting stronger but do women not realise this? Debs, feels that it; "is so incredibly insulting to our intelligence."
One way that the government aim to tackle this problem is by increasing taxes on booze. While this may anger the youth who choose to hang around street corners drink cider on a Friday night. Will it really effect the average Rioja drinking, middle aged woman? And also, is it fair to penalise the people who do drink responsibly and enjoy it in a recreational way?
Primarolo has also suggested that some of the £10 million pounds pumped into the campaign will be used to put graphic pictures on bottles showing the damage that alcohol does. But this was introduced onto cigarette packets a few years ago...has this made people quit smoking?
Anyway, while you ponder over this subject i'm off to have a nice chilled glass of rosé!!
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