Katcher B S
Alcohol Research Group, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley.
Am J Public Health. 1993 Feb;83(2):273-81. doi: 10.2105/ajph.83.2.273.
More than 200 years ago, during a period of unprecedented production and consumption of distilled alcoholic beverages in the United States, Benjamin Rush launched a health education campaign that warned the public about the hazards of such beverages. He corrected erroneous notions about their presumed beneficial effects and accurately described more than a dozen alcohol-related health problems. Although the temperance movement has had a tumultuous history in the United States, the origin and long-standing tradition of temperance as a health promotion activity needs to be recognized.
200多年前，在美国蒸馏酒精饮料产量和消费量空前的时期，本杰明·拉什发起了一场健康教育运动，警告公众此类饮料的危害。他纠正了关于其假定有益影响的错误观念，并准确描述了十几种与酒精相关的健康问题。尽管禁酒运动在美国有着动荡的历史，但禁酒作为一种健康促进活动的起源和悠久传统需要得到认可。
