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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20075, 12 October 1928, Page 11

FOR A HEALTHY LIFE. MODERATE USE OF ALCOHOL. " Tho Scientific Press" of London (Faber and Gwyor, Ltd.), havo published i:i their series of "Modern Health Books," one by Dr. E. T. Burke, who is a recognised authority on alcoholism. Dr. Burke says: " The vast majority of people who take alcohol are by no means ' alcoholics.' A glass of beer with lunch is no more alcoholism than a weekly visit to church is religious mania. Tho taking of a moderate amount of alcohol is a powerful factor in creating sociability, in saving sanity, and in protecting civilisation from boredom. It increases both the health and happinoss of many people. There is not, and never has been, the slightest evidence to support tho oft-made assertion that tho moderate use of alcohol is evil, that it causes ill-health and moral deterioration. On tho contrary, it has been productive of much mental rest, enjoyment, happiness, and good fellowship, and is conducivo to a healthy life and bright mental outlook. Thero can be no doubt that much harm ha 3 been done to the cause of real temperance by tho prohibition fanatic, who possesses exactly the same nervous instability that produces tho inobriatc."—Advt.