Richard Price, Policy Director at European Cancer Organisation, shared a post on LinkedIn by WHO Regional Office for Europe, adding:
“More people need to know these figures.
Frustrating that the idea of mandatory health warnings on alcohol packaging remains controversial to some.
Personally, I can’t see the argument to hide this important health information from consumers.”
Quoting WHO Regional Office for Europe’s post:
“Alcohol policy is cancer prevention policy.
A new WHO modelling study across 27 EU countries estimates that major alcohol control policies could prevent thousands of cancer cases every year.
Swipe through the slides for the key findings of the study.”
Title: Quantifying the potential of alcohol policies for cancer prevention in the EU: a modelling study
Authors: Daniela Correia, Maria Neufeld, Carina Ferreira-Borges, Beatrice Lauby-Secretan, Harriet Rumgay, Isabelle Soerjomataram, Elisabete Weiderpass, Kevin Shield, Ahmed S. Hassan, Jürgen Rehm
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