The Chief Medical Officers’ guidelines for both men and women are:

· to keep health risks from alcohol to a low level it is safest not to drink more than 14 units a week on a regular basis
· if you regularly drink as much as 14 units per week, it is best to spread your drinking evenly over 3 or more days
· if you have 1 or 2 heavy drinking episodes a week, you increase your risks of death from long term illness and from accidents and injuries
· the risk of developing a range of health problems, including cancers of the mouth, throat and breast, increases the more you drink on a regular basis
· if you want to cut down the amount you drink, a good way is to have several drink-free days each week

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