The alcohol-harm paradox (ie, the observation that people of low socioeconomic status (SES) tend to experience greater alcohol-related harm than those of high SES, even when the amount of alcohol consumption is the same or less than for individuals of high SES) continues to challenge epidemiologists and other public health experts. In the era of growing income inequalities worldwide, there is also concern as to how these increasing economic gaps affect health, including health risk behaviours.1
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