Andrea Felsted: Dry January is the least of big booze’s problems

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Andrea Felsted: Dry January is the least of big booze’s problems

Dry January may already be a distant memory, but the problems for big booze are far from receding. The U.S. surgeon general’s advisory on the link between alcohol and cancer, the rise of weight-loss drugs that can dampen demand for a drink, young people preferring the gym to a gin, and now the prospect of tariffs have left brewers and distillers with a nasty hangover. While they can plausibly defend their business with low- and no- alcohol alter…