Alcohol effects

Video Script

Man1: Are we having another one?
Man2: Is it my round?
Man3: No it's my round.
Man2: Sure?
Man3: Two's me lot and then I'm off.

Narrator: Many of us like a drink at the end of the day and what is wrong with that?

Man3: Three lagers please.

Narrator: If you are a man drinking more than two pints of strong lager a day, you could be putting your health at risk.

Man3: Here you are.
Man2: Cheers mate.

Narrator: You're four times more likely to have high blood pressure, you could be three times more likely to have a stroke and you are over three times more likely to get mouth cancer.
[Men drinking 60g+ of alcohol/day. Source: Department of Health analysis of 'Corrao, 1999']

Man2: Boys, one more? Yeah?
Man3: Yeah. Won't hurt.

Narrator: Drinking causes damage you can't see. Find out if your drinking could be putting your health at risk.
[Visit nhs.uk/drinking]

Woman1: So how are your photos?
Woman2: The school photos?
Woman1: Yes.

Narrator: Many of us like a drink at the end of the day and what is wrong with that?

Woman2: Ah go on, I'll have a second but that's it.

Narrator: If you are a woman drinking two large glasses of wine or more a day, you could be putting your health at risk.

Narrator: You're twice as likely to have high blood pressure and you're three times more likely to get mouth cancer and you could be three times more likely to have a stroke. [Women drinking 40g+ of alcohol/day. Source: Department of Health analysis of 'Corrao, 1999']

Woman1: We'll just finish it off
Woman2: Yeah. Well it can't do any harm.

Narrator: Drinking causes damage you can't see. Find out if your drinking could be putting your health at risk. [Visit nhs.uk/drinking]