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Jan 21, 2023 9 tweets 3 min read
🧵 Reading final technical report CCSA recommended guidelines on alcohol consumption 2 drinks a week

ccsa.ca/sites/default/…

big part of the report is laying out disease risk based on trends from weekly alcohol consumption - both in relative risk changes & years of life lost Here is the table of risk change, the report uses lifelong abstainers as the control.
Darker the red, higher the risk.

Scary, yes?

Keep in mind, negatives numbers indicate a protective effect.