Psychological Medicine; Cambridge Vol. 48, Iss. 12,  (Sep 2018): 2011-2022. DOI:10.1017/S0033291717003543 Higher cognitive ability is associated with favourable health characteristics. The relation between ability and alcohol consumption, and their interplay with other health characteristics, is unclear. We aimed to assess the relationship between cognitive ability and alcohol consumption and to assess whether alcohol consumption relates differently to health characteristics across strata of ability.. Please contact the library to request a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai