Educ’ Alcool’s misinformation: more mixed messages about alcohol harms

Our study, which focussed on the cardiovascular disease (CVD) risks posed by alcohol, builds on previous evidence in analyzing how efforts to address public health threats, including alcohol harms, may be undermined by commercial actors.1 Previous research across many harmful products documents how corporate social responsibility activities form a critical arm of efforts in fomenting doubt about product harms. While we welcome constructive critique of our work, Mr Sacy does not appear to have understood how we conducted our research. The Methods section explicitly states that webpage content constituted the dataset, and that websites were accessed during June 2019. The table which he presents forms part of a PDF report, not a public facing webpage where people can readily access key facts on alcohol and CVD.