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Yet, despite all these problems, the harmful use of alcohol remains a low priority in public policy, including in health policy. Many lesser health risks have higher priority. The harmful use of alcohol is a particularly grave threat to men. It is the leading risk factor for death in males ages 15–59, mainly due to injuries, violence and cardiovascular diseases. Globally, of all male deaths are attributable to alcohol, compared to of female deaths. Men also have far greater rates of total burden attributed to alcohol than women – for men compared to for women. Men. | BUGS DRUGS Smoke Stories from Public Health World Health Organization WHO Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Bugs drugs and smoke stories from public health. 1 .Public health - history. disease control. disorders - prevention and control. health - history. health practice - standards. outbreaks. . Health Organization - history. Health Organization. ISBN 978 92 4 156436 6 NLM classification WA 540 World Health Organization 2011 All rights reserved. Publications of the World Health Organization are available on the WHO web site or can be purchased from WHO Press World Health Organization 20 Avenue Appia 1211 Geneva 27 Switzerland tel. 41 22 791 3264 fax 41 22 791 4857 e-mail bookorders@ . Requests for permission to reproduce or translate WHO publications - whether for sale or for noncommercial distribution - should be addressed to WHO Press through the WHO web site http about licensing copyright_form en . The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the World Health Organization concerning the legal status of any country territory city or area or of its authorities or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Dotted lines on maps represent approximate border lines for which there may not yet be full agreement. The mention of specific companies or of certain manufacturers products does not imply that they are endorsed or recommended by the World Health Organization in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned. Errors and omissions excepted the names of proprietary products are distinguished by initial capital letters. All reasonable precautions have been taken by the World Health Organization to verify the information contained in this publication. However the published material is being distributed .