Seija’s powerful opinion piece on the largely ignored or dismissed dangers of America’s alcohol culture (“Surgeon general is right: America has a drinking problem,” Opinion, Jan. 7).

America’s top doctor released a series of ... US surgeon general Vivek Murthy’s latest advisory outlined alcohol consumption as the third leading preventable cause of cancer, after tobacco ...

Alcohol consumption in Latin America is low compared to Europe and the US and averages 5.5 litres of pure alcohol per year per capita, although with marked differences between countries and gender.