This week, our member Alcohol Action Ireland (AAI) achieved significant success as requirements for alcohol labelling to state the health effects of alcohol consumption were signed into law. EPHA would like to extend its congratulations and support to AAI for their...
Europe has the highest rates of alcohol consumption per person, the highest prevalence of heavy episodic alcohol use, and the lowest rates of alcohol abstention in the world. Against this backdrop, and in the context of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe, a...
EPHA joins more than 80 International, European, and National civil society organisations and the World Health Organization in supporting the Oslo Declaration, which calls for urgent policy action to address alcohol-related harm. Florence Berteletti,...
Guest article by Emil Juslin, European Policy Officer at IOGT-NTO, and Runa Neely, European Liasion Officer at IOGT-NTO The question of alcohol labelling has been a topic of discussion in the EU since the 1970s, yet there is still no legislation in place. Since the...
In December 2021, the European Parliament’s Special Committee on Beating Cancer (BECA) adopted its INI report on how to strengthen the EU’s role in fighting cancer. Ahead of the upcoming European Parliament plenary session, where the final report will be voted on, a...
