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Alcohol deaths among Scottish women rise 3% while men's deaths fall
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Scotland registered 1,152 alcohol-specific deaths, 3% fewer than in 2024 and the lowest rate since the pandemic. Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems, a charity, says women's deaths rose while men's fell, and blames industry marketing aimed at women. Paula Gibson from Aberdeen lost her daughter Clare, 45, to alcohol-related liver disease after 20 years in and out of addiction services.
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