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Why we are still arguing about the health effects of moderate drinking

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Surgeon General Vivek Murthy says moderate drinking is linked to seven types of cancer.

But a congressionally commissioned report found moderate drinking associated with reduced mortality.

Peter Bergen : The evidence on this subject is vast but open to interpretation, leaving ample room for spin.

He says most Americans won't be dissuaded by new warning labels or tweaks to official recommendations they already ignore.

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