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JOLLYRISSLER
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THE SECRETARY Of HEALTH AND HUMAN RVICES
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20201
USA
APR 15 .996
Mr. Fred A. Meister
President/CEO
Distilled Spirits Council
of the United States
1250 Eye Street, N.W., Suite 900
Washington, D.C. 20005-3998
Dear Mr. Maister:
Thank you for taking the time to follow up on our meeting with
additional information about public misunderstanding of the
definition of a drink. It seems clear from both the survey work
have done and the Department's own Inspector General's report
you that there is considerable confusion among the general public
about what constitutes a drink and the alcohol equivalencies of
beer, wine and distilled spirits.
We certainly agree with your assessment that public
misconceptions interfere with informed decision making. With
that in mind, the Department has used the definition of a drink
80-proof distilled spirits) in a number of public education
(12 ounces of regular beer, 5 ounces of wine or 1.5 ounces of
materials, including, as you know, the Dietary Guidelines for
America. In addition, the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse
and Alcoholism (NIAAA), at the National Institutes of Health, has
incorporated the definition into a number of publications,
including the Alcohol Alert issue on moderate drinking you
included in your package to me and the recently published
Physicians' Guide to Helping Patients with Alcohol Problems.
Furthermore, NIAAA is in the process of preparing three patient
education brochures on fetal alcohol syndrome which will explain
that any kind of alcohol -- beer, wine, wine coolers, liquor, or
"mixed drinks" -- is harmful during pregnancy. Finally, the
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention has included this
definition of a drink in its recently revised Editorial
Guidelines.
Please be assured that we will continue to work to clear up
confusion on this issue through our many departmental
publications. You should feel free, as we discussed in our
meeting, to distribute our public education materials widely.
I hope this information is helpful.
sincerely,
Donna D E. Shalala
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