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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 -
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 -
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 -
COVID-19 and alcohol – consumption data strengthens case for ambitious alcohol policy
COVID-19 has put health resilience and preparedness at the forefront of every political debate – How ready were we and…
July 06, 2020 -
Guest blog from HIMS: Exploring the Link Between Alcoholism and Depression
An estimated 17.3 million U.S. adults (about seven percent of the population) have experienced at least one major depressive episode…
May 22, 2020 -
Living in a time of one problem
One evening when I was watching the news with my teenage son, he said that 2020 will be in history…
May 04, 2020 -
How to deal with misuse of different policy examples?
The Tallinn city government is to approve new restrictions that will restrict the sale of alcohol at bars, nightclubs, pubs,…
March 15, 2020 -
Alcohol control policies and alcohol-related traffic harm in Lithuania: a short summary of a success story
Lithuania joined the European Union (EU) on May 1st 2004 and has experienced significant economic growth since then. Despite some…
March 03, 2020
