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The drinks industry and social networking
Source: Alcohol Concern
A new report by Alcohol Concern looks at how children and young people are at risk of being exposed to alcohol marketing and pro-drinking messages via the internet.
United Nations High-level Meeting on Noncommunicable Disease Prevention and Control
The United Nations General Assembly is convening a High-level Meeting on the Prevention and Control Noncommunicable Diseases, which presents a unique opportunity for the international community to take action against the epidemic, save millions of lives and enhance development initiatives.
Bad practice example - Labelling by Australian alcohol industry
Over the past couple of weeks there have been discussions in Australia about placing health warning messages on alcoholic beverages.
AAI invites tenders to conduct research to measure young people’s exposure to alcohol marketing in Ireland
To date, there has been no baseline measurement of young people’s exposure to alcohol marketing. This research will establish such a baseline.
Liver Disease deaths in young people reveal crisis
Source: Alcohol Action Ireland
Alcohol Action Ireland, the national charity for alcohol-related issues, has said new figures which show that alcoholic liver disease deaths are on the rise among young drinkers is a wake-up call to the health crisis being caused by our high drinking rates.
European Parliament adopts Food Information to Consumers legislation
On July 6 the European parliament adopted the compromise with the Council on the proposal for a regulation on the provision of food information to consumers with 606 votes in favour, 46 against and 26 abstentions.
Total Blocker- Against Alcohol Marketing
The Association for Health Lifestyles in Finland has launched an original campaign to protect minors from “lifestyle” advertising of alcohol products.
What’s NOT on the bottle?
Eurocare (European Alcohol Policy Alliance) is extremely disappointed with the shape of the Food Information to Consumers legislation which exempts alcoholic beverages from obligation to list its content.
Lithuania: will the alcohol advertising ban survive?
Source: NorDan
Civil society and public health organisations in Lithuania are asking help from international institutions and NGO-s to stress the evidence base for advertising ban in reducing alcohol consumption among young people.
Concern over the lack of clarity on the industry's role at September UN High Level Meeting on NCDs
Eurocare and 50 other organisations have voiced their concerns about the lack of clarity regarding the role of the private sector at the Civil Society Interactive Hearing in New York (16 June) and UN High Level Meeting (September).