CANCER AND WHISKY.
London, Oct. 11. Dr. Jeffares, medical officer of Leicestershire, says that during twenty-five years’ experience h© never found a whisky drinker a victim of cancer. Some beer drinkers suffered from cancer. but the majority of the victims were either total abstainers or moderate drinkers. . , r • Cancer cases, says the “Daily Mail, ’ have recently increased at an alarming rate, and Dr. Jeffares wonders whether this is due to the increased duty on whisky, and the resultant curtailment of consumption.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIV, Issue 277, 3 November 1924, Page 7
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