Despite the devastating study on the effects of alcohol that caused a stir in January, Canadians have no plans to put down their bottles anytime soon.
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According to a survey conducted by Ipsos on behalf of Global News, 73% of Canadians have no intention of changing their consumption habits.
The respondents were particularly skeptical about the results of the study, which assumes that alcohol begins to endanger the health of drinkers from as little as two drinks a week.
This position was rejected by 61% of men and 53% of women, who felt that the study published by the Canadian Center on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) was not credible and intended to scare people.
Amidst these criticisms, however, 40% of respondents admitted to reducing their alcohol consumption since the beginning of the year, while 20% of Canadians admit they drink too much.
According to CCSA research based on analyzing thousands of studies on the effects of alcohol, drinking three to six drinks a week increases the risk of several types of cancer. Cardiovascular diseases are added from seven glasses or more per week.
These amounts are much lower than the previously commonly suggested limit, for example by Éduc’alcool, of three glasses a day and fifteen a week for men and two glasses a day and ten a week for women.
The CCSA study has also reaped its fair share of criticism from the scientific and medical community.
“This is a report based on questionable methodology. […] They have eliminated excellent studies and kept others that were scientifically poor,” cardiologist Martin Juneau in particular denounced in an interview with QUB Radio in February.
The survey was conducted online February 15-17 among 1,350 Canadian adults.