Preventing Alcohol-Related Harms
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Check Your Drinking. Make a Plan to Drink Less.
Drinking too much alcohol (e.g., binge drinking) can be harmful to your health. With this tool you c...Preventing Excessive Alcohol Use with Proven Strategies
These proven strategies have been shown to reduce excessive alcohol use and related harms.What You Can Do to Lower Your Risk of Alcohol-Related Harms
You can protect yourself and others from alcohol-related harms with these prevention tips.Preventing Underage Drinking with Community Strategies
These proven strategies can reduce underage drinking and support young people and families.Drinking Alcohol While Using Other Drugs Can Be Deadly
Using alcohol with other substances affects our health. Here's how to prevent harmful impacts.Deaths from Excessive Alcohol Use in the United States
Updated CDC estimates on annual deaths and years of potential life lost due to excessive alcohol use...
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Preventing Excessive Alcohol Use with Proven Strategies
- Excessive alcohol use can lead to increased risk of health problems such as injuries, violence, live...
Addressing Excessive Alcohol Use: State Fact Sheets
Excessive alcohol use is responsible for more than 140,000 deaths in the United States each year.About Minimum Pricing Policies
Learn how a small increase in the price of cheap alcohol could save lives.Resources to Prevent Excessive Alcohol Use
Resources that states and communities can use to understand and prevent excessive drinking.- These tools can be used to measure the impact of excessive alcohol use and related harms.
- The CDC Alcohol Program uses digital mass communications campaigns to address excessive alcohol use...
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Recent findings
488 people die each day in the U.S. from excessive alcohol use
MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report / Vol. 73 / No. 8 / P. 154–161