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  Denmark: Drink-free youth initiative

  An unprecedented broad circle of organizations is now calling on the parliamentary parties to introduce a uniform 18-year age limit…

  October 15, 2020
  

  NordAN webinar: alcohol and cancer in Nordic countries

  NordAN will host a webinar on alcohol and cancer on October 28, focusing on the awareness problem in the Nordic…

  October 14, 2020
  

  FINLAND: Alcohol consumption declined during the first wave of the corona epidemic – retail sales increased

  According to estimates by the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), the total alcohol consumption of Finns decreased last…

  October 07, 2020
  

  COVID-19 disruption and a strong drug market bring new threats to health and security in Europe

  High availability across all drug types, drug production within Europe and highly potent substances are among the concerns addressed today by…

  September 22, 2020
  

  September 9 – International FASD Awareness Day

  “9th September is International FASD Awareness Day. The ninth day of the ninth month was chosen as a reminder of…

  September 09, 2020
  

  NordAN talks: Alcohol and cancer warnings in Ireland

  Eunan McKinney, Head of Communications and Advocacy at the Alcohol Action Ireland and Lauri Beekmann, NordAN´s executive director are discussing the alcohol and…

  September 07, 2020
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  Dr Eeva Ollila: As long as alcohol advertising is allowed, campaigns may be of limited effectiveness

  More attention to the negative effects of alcohol in terms of increasing many chronic diseases, including cancer, should be paid,…

  August 26, 2020
  

  Alcohol and cancer link – interview with Peter Dalum

  A conversation with Peter Dalum, project manager on alcohol and prevention at the Danish Cancer Society, about alcohol and cancer,…

  August 24, 2020
  

  Carina Alm: In contrast to the other risk factors, alcohol is not framed or perceived as only unhealthy

  Cancer societies are leading the way making people understand that alcohol also causes cancer. As Carina Alm, a special adviser…

  August 14, 2020
  

  Actis: concrete measures needed in alcohol strategy

  Work on a national alcohol strategy is under way in Norway. Actis calls for concrete measures to reduce alcohol consumption….

  August 06, 2020
  

  Cancer country profiles 2020 – alcohol and cancer

  We have created an infographic showing alcohol´s role in cancer deaths in Nordic and Baltic countries compared to Global and…

  August 04, 2020
  

  Why don’t people know that alcohol causes cancer?

  Alcohol is classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) as a Group 1 carcinogen. And we have known it more…

  August 03, 2020