Clearing Our Heads Over Alcohol
Posted on March 02, 2022 in Africa, Asia-Pacific, Eastern Mediterranean, Europe, The AmericasAs long as the status of alcohol consumption as an enjoyable and even beneficial recreation remains, not least via the multitude of advertising outlets globally, the alcohol industry will be free to exert its nefarious influence while policymakers turn a blind eye. The evidence for alcohol’s harms, and the efforts of industry to obscure it, have never been clearer. The Action Plan should be endorsed in full and swiftly followed by preparations for a Framework Convention.