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Letter: What not to drink

Published 18 December 1999

From Mark Robinson

Your graph of death risk against alcohol consumption
(27 November, p 86)
intrigued me. The graph shows that people who drink no units of wine per day
have a lower risk of death than those who drink no units of beer per day.

When I next go out for a night on the town but need to remain sober, I must
remember that I should not drink wine rather than not drinking beer, thereby
increasing my chances of a long and happy retirement.

Glossop, Derbyshire

Issue no. 2217 published 18 December 1999

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