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Alcohol and Alcoholism 2007 42(1):1-2; doi:10.1093/alcalc/agl105
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© The Author 2007. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Medical Council on Alcohol. All rights reserved

EDITORIAL

THE EUROPEAN STRATEGY ON ALCOHOL: A LANDMARK AND A LESSON

BEN BAUMBERG1 and PETER ANDERSON2

1 Policy and Research Officer, Institute of Alcohol Studies Alliance House, 12 Caxton Street, London SW1H 0QS, UK
2 Consultant in public health Strandvejen 97, 1tv, 2900 Hellerup, Denmark

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   INTRODUCTION
 
The release of the EU strategy on alcohol on October 24th this year may not have changed the world for many people who work on alcohol issues, but despite its flaws, this first-ever European Union alcohol strategy should be both a landmark and a lesson to all of us concerned with alcohol-related harm.


   A LANDMARK
 
That the strategy is a landmark may not be immediately apparent from its content. For each of the five laudable sets of aims, there is a list of ‘good practices’ such as enforcing restrictions on marketing to young people. Yet the European Commission does not actually propose doing most of these, as it has decided that most of these actions are best done by the EU . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   A LESSON
 

   CONCLUSIONS
 

   DECLARATION OF INTERESTS
 

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