Encourages good health (6)

I believe the answer is:

cheers

I believe this clue is a double definition.

'encourages' is the first definition.
(cheering is a kind of encouraging)

'good health' is the second definition.
(both can be used as a drinks toast)

(Other definitions for cheers that I've seen before include "Comforts" , "Thank you; goodbye!" , "Good health!" , "Skoal! Thanks! Goodbye!" , "Praises < eggs on" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail, The Guardian and The Telegraph.

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