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Alcohol Industry vs Public Health in Oregon | Portland News
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Oregon’s alcohol industry is clashing with state health officials over how to frame alcohol’s dangers — with industry groups calling recent ads comparing booze to asbestos and tobacco misleading, while public health advocates stand firm, citing alcohol as a top cause of preventable death. Critics join the fray, backing the health authority’s call to warn about alcohol’s cancer risks, as the debate resurfaces from last year’s wine-targeted ad and a contested study on alcohol taxes — with both sides debating whether industry-funded research undermines or supports public health policy.
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