Alcohol is a psychoactive substance with toxic and dependence-producing properties, which
is consumed worldwide. More than 2 billion people, or about three of ten individuals, are …

In The Lancet Global Health, Yuanwei Xu and colleagues1 make a useful contribution to the
alcohol epidemiology field by using data from 336 287 adult participants (aged≥ 15 years) …

The WHO Global Monitoring Framework for Non-Communicable Diseases includes an
ambitious global target of a 10% reduction in the harmful use of alcohol by 2025. 1 A …

Alcohol is a major contributor to the global burden of disease, 1 adding to inequities in
health2 and life expectancy and affecting disproportionately drinkers of lower …

8 years after the adoption of the WHO European Action Plan on Alcohol (EAPA), 1, 2 the
region has the highest prevalence of drinkers, heavy episodic drinking, alcohol consumption …

1 GBD 2020 Alcohol Collaborators. Populationlevel risks of alcohol consumption by amount,
geography, age, sex, and year: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study …

Comment www. thelancet. com Vol 394 October 19, 2019 1397 to implement effective
alcohol policy. 12 Second, digital expansion, particularly social media platforms and the …

On Nov 28, 2014, the Chinese Govern ment introduced its first national tobacco control
guideline, which prohibits smoking in all indoor and many outdoor public places, and shows …

Despite clear evidence of the major contribution alcohol makes to the global burden of
disease and to substantial economic costs, focus on alcohol control is inadequate …

Most of the world's population abstains from alcohol. 1 This is good news for both the public
health community, which seeks to reduce the harm caused by alcohol, and for industry …