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International Journal of Epidemiology 2007 36(4):738-744; doi:10.1093/ije/dym068
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Epidemiological Association © The Author 2007; all rights reserved.

Absinthe—is its history relevant for current public health?

Martijn Huisman1,2,*, Johannes Brug1 and Johan Mackenbach1

1Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
2Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, PO Box 30001, 9700 RB, Groningen, The Netherlands.

*Corresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, PO Box 30001, 9700 RB, Groningen, The Netherlands. E-mail: Martijn.huisman{at}med.umcg.nl

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This paper briefly addresses the history of the social experience with absinthe in France during the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th. We draw on some important parallels of this history with that of smoking to demonstrate that public health threats in the form of (ill-)health related behaviour recur in different disguises, while the social causes if these threats are left to endure. Probably the most important of the parallels between absinthe and smoking is their association with social disadvantage. Nevertheless, it appears that it is not yet fully realized that tackling these threats requires an equity approach

Keywords Absinthe, tobacco, public health, social inequalities

Accepted 14 March 2007


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