Why does society accept a higher risk for alcohol than for other voluntary or involuntary risks?

Prevalence of and Potential Influencing Factors for Alcohol Dependence in Europe

(2014) Jürgen Rehm et al.   EUROPEAN ADDICTION RESEARCH

Comparative risk assessment of carcinogens in alcoholic beverages using the margin of exposure approach

(2012) Dirk W. Lachenmeier et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER

A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

(2012) Stephen S Lim et al.   LANCET

Surveying the range and magnitude of alcohol's harm to others in Australia

(2011) Anne-Marie Laslett et al.   ADDICTION

The relation between different dimensions of alcohol consumption and burden of disease: an overview

(2010) Jürgen Rehm et al.   ADDICTION

Epidemiology-based risk assessment using the benchmark dose/margin of exposure approach: the example of ethanol and liver cirrhosis

(2010) D. W. Lachenmeier et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

Drug harms in the UK: a multicriteria decision analysis

(2010) David J Nutt et al.   LANCET

Reducing harm from alcohol: call to action

(2009) Sally Casswell et al.   LANCET

Awareness of lifestyle risk factors for cancer and heart disease among adults in the UK

(2008) Saskia C. Sanderson et al.   PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING