Eurocare Updates

Brussels, 17 November 2010. Ahead of the next Alcohol and Health Forum meetings, public health experts and NGOs in the Forum have issued an Open Letter to its members calling upon the alcohol industry to take responsibility for their share of the problems caused by their products in Europe.

Plans to introduce a minimum price for alcohol have been finally killed off by the Scottish Parliament as MSPs passed legislation aimed at tackling the country's binge drinking epidemic.

Now available online the summary report and presentations from the 7th meeting of the Committee on National Alcohol Policy and Action.

Eurocare has issued an open letter of support for the Thai government for its plans to introduce alcohol health warnings labels on packages of alcoholic beverages.

Brussels, 13 October 2010. European council president Herman Van Rompuy, was the keynote speaker at an event organised by the Brewers of Europe “ Beer Serves Europe. Economic contribution – Community Involvement – Responsibility”

8 October 2010. EU Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy, John Dalli, presented some of his key health priorities today at the 13th European Health Forum Gastein (EHFG). Among the important topics on his agenda: prevention, in particular in the field of tobacco control; an appropriate framework for cross-border healthcare; and innovation in the field of active and healthy ageing.

Brussels, 6 October 2010. The European parliament hosted a seminar organised by the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) on Alcolocks: a life saving technology.

Members of the European Parliament call on Member States to tackle the problem of chronic non-communicable diseases and urge action to develop and improve policies on the four main risk factors for chronic diseases: tobacco, poor diet, alcohol and lack of physical activity.

Within the framework of the European Alcohol and Health Forum a 3rd Open Forum will be held in Brussels (Charlemagne Building of the European Commission) on 22 April 2010 from 10h00 till 17h00.

The Science Group of the European Alcohol and Health Forum will be holding its 7th meeting in Brussels on 25 October 2010.