Letter

Health information and warnings on alcohol packaging in Ireland: it is time to progress the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018

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Citation

Critchlow N, Moodie C & Jones D (2022) Health information and warnings on alcohol packaging in Ireland: it is time to progress the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018. Irish Journal of Medical Science, 191 (3), pp. 1461-1463. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11845-021-02719-8

Abstract
First paragraph: Findings from the 2019-2020 Irish National Drug and Alcohol Survey are a reminder of the burden of alcohol-related harms in Ireland, with two-fifths of drinkers engaging in heavy episodic drinking at least once per month (six or more standard drinks on a single occasion) and 14.8% of the general population meeting the criteria for an alcohol use disorder. This harmful use of alcohol is associated with myriad individual and societal harms and creates a substantial burden on Ireland’s economy.

Keywords
General Medicine

Journal
Irish Journal of Medical Science: Volume 191, Issue 3

Status	Published
Funders	IPH Institute of Public Health in Ireland
Publication date	30/06/2022
Publication date online	28/07/2021
Date accepted by journal	17/07/2021
URL	http://hdl.handle.net/1893/33002
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media LLC
ISSN	0021-1265
eISSN	1863-4362