‘Finger pointing at women doesn’t work’: Exposing the perils of wine o’clock | wtuohy
But 97 per cent of clients at a breast-screening service who were asked in a trial by Dr Jasmine Grigg’s Monash team if they would like to read brief information on the alcohol and breast cancer said ‘yes’.Grigg said while drinking in Australia had declined steadily in the past 10 years, it had remained stable in women over 40, and increased among women aged 50 to 69.
“The latter study showed as little as 0.6 of a standard drink a day can increase risk, [breast cancer] is the only cancer associated with very light consumption levels,” said Grigg. Alcohol, gender and class researcher, Dr Belinda Lunnay found women’s life circumstances and class had a big influence on their drinking.
One reason for this could be that “the only messages women receive” about alcohol are that it is a way to cope, relax and wind down, according to FARE chief executive, Caterina Giorgi, when the evidence showed it “actually contributes to stress and anxiety” and is linked to about 1000 cases of breast cancer in Australia a year.
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