Eurocare Updates

According to a Eurostat report, the statistical office of the European communities, in 2006, the price of beverages was on average two and a half times more in the most expensive EU country than in the cheapest,.

The European Health Forum Gastein celebrated its tenth anniversary in October with the title: 10 years Gastein – shaping the future of health.
Among the debates were an EC session on environment and health, plus a forum on health links with economic.

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Since 7 September 2007, France has been the host to the Rugby World Cup, with Heineken being one of its one of the main sponsors, as the numerous billboards and flags displayed in bars, restaurants and in the streets of the French Capital testified.

Strasbourg, 5 September. The members of the European Parliament have adopted an amended report, prepared by Alessandro Foglietta, on the EU Strategy for Reducing Alcohol Related Harm.

To mark the International FASD Day (9 September) Eurocare organised, together with Dutch MEPs, Mr. Jules Maaten (ALDE) and Ms Dorette Corbey (PSE), a lunch meeting at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on the 4th of September.

Just after the approval by the European Parliament of its report on the EU Alcohol Strategy offering strong support for self-regulation, the results of a project funded by the Commission (ELSA project) show that there is no scientific support for the effectiveness of self-regulation and that the rules concerning alcohol advertisement in Europe do not protect minors sufficiently.

The German member of Eurocare, the German Centre for Addiction (DHS), has recently published the results of the EU funded project, Pathways for Health.

Reaction of STAP to Advertising Compliance Monitoring Report 2007 by the EFRD

Baccardi is withdrawing its alcopops brands Rigo and Breezer from the German market, after a sharp decline in sales, the company announced from its German headquarters in Hamburg Tuesday.

The imposition in 2004 of a special tax on mixed alcopop drinks, aimed at making them less attractive to younger consumers, led to a sharp fall in market share.

The aim of this project is to have issues about alcohol habits to be a natural element in the daily health care work - integrated in such as way that it reflects alcohols importance as a source of medical injuries and illnesses.