The nature of alcohol problems is very diverse and the strategies adopted for minimising
these vary even more. Thinking in the study of alcohol problems in the 1970s and early …

This document is intended for those policy-makers, researchers and concerned members of
the public who wish to obtain information about the consumption of alcohol, alcohol-related …

At the time that the European Commission has been preparing its own strategy on alcohol to
cover the full range of activity that takes place at a European level, it called for an analysis of …

Despite a diversity of cultural, social and economic experiences with alcohol at national
level, a broad unity of purpose is emerging within the alcohol problems perspective. The …

In June 2001, the Council of the European Union, in its Conclusions on a Community
strategy to reduce alcohol-related harm, emphasized that a high level of human health …

Aim. In the light of unprecedented increases in the levels of chronic liver disease and
cirrhosis in Hungary, accompanied by other evidence of increasing health and social …

Although most of the developing countries currently have a lower overall per capita
consumption of alcohol than the European countries, the rapid rate of increase in recent …

Alcohol is one of the world's top three priority areas in public health. Even though only half
the global population drinks alcohol, it is the world's third leading cause of ill health and …

Recent discussions during the WHO Executive Board and the World Health Assembly-which
brought together delegates from 150 Member States-have shown the wides read ham …

Aims: To identify how current public health policies of 12 developed countries assess
alcohol-related problems, the goals and targets that are set and the strategic directives …