Alcohol industry language, no alcohol policy action: UN Political Declaration on NCDs and Mental Health risks becoming meaningless.
Alcohol industry interference in the drafting of the political declaration of the fourth high-level meeting on NCDs and mental health has quietly erased proven, cost-effective alcohol policy measures – despite alcohol being the leading risk factor for death and disease among young people worldwide.
While tobacco is treated with specificity and urgency, alcohol policy has been reduced to vague rhetoric, ignoring WHO-endorsed solutions like the SAFER alcohol policy blue print.
This double standard undermines global health equity and reveals the dangerous influence of the alcohol industry lobby.
