Globally, almost four and a half million people died from injury in 2019. Alcohol's
contribution to injury-related premature loss of life, disability and ill-health is pervasive …

Abstract Issues The last Soviet anti‐alcohol campaign of 1985 resulted in considerably
reduced alcohol consumption and saved thousands of lives. But once the campaign's …

Background and aims Alcohol use has been identified as a major risk factor for burden of
mortality and disease, particularly for countries in eastern Europe. During the past two …

Since the early 1990s, Lithuania has experienced an increasing level of alcohol
consumption and a heavy burden of alcohol-related harm, which is associated with the …

Alcohol consumption in the Baltic countries and Poland is among the highest globally,
causing high all-cause mortality rates. Contrary to Poland, the Baltic countries have adopted …

Aims: From 1 January 2018, the number of retail hours for the sale of alcohol was reduced
from 14 to 5 hours on Sundays and from 14 to 10 hours on the other days of the week in …

Background The problem of underestimating the burden of mental health-related mortality is
widely discussed in the public health literature. Relevant scientific evidence from societies …

This report presents the current status of alcohol consumption, alcohol-attributable harms
and the implementation of alcohol control policies in the WHO European Region, using …

Although European integration can be expected to result in mortality convergence (reduced
mortality differences), a life expectancy divide persists in the European Union (EU) between …

Abstract Background The Baltic countries–Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia–are characterized
by a high rate of fully alcohol-attributable mortality, compared with Poland. Alcohol control …