AlcoholActionIreland World Health Organization (WHO) It’s about time. In Canada tobacco and cannabis have warnings but not alcohol.

Alcohol is too cheap, too heavily promoted and too widely available. That’s why our campaigns are vital to shift public awareness around its risks & its harms. If you’ve got a story to tell, help us start the conversation.
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At some point gov must show leadership in relation to curbing the pricing, marketing and availability of health harming products including alcohol. Painfully slow progress with alcohol industry being allowed to set and move the goalposts.

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Expert reports from World Health Organization (WHO) have played significant role in providing evidence for Ireland’s alcohol labelling regulations and in World Health Organization (WHO) important statements of support at World Trade Organization committee meetings. Even low levels of alcohol cause health problems including cancer.

Congratulations to Colm Burke TD on appointment as Minster of State for Public Health, Wellbeing & National Drug Strategy. The Minister has a track record of interest &support for progressive alcohol policies. We look forward to engaging with him on Ireland’s biggest drug problem.

This is an important thread. Bottom line, alc industry is there to make profits for its shareholders, has no public health expertise and should not be part of public health policy development. Glad HSE Ireland in Irl has a partnership policy in place re alc industry. Department of Health

Raising Alcohol Taxes and other Alcohol Policies Help Reduce Cancer Burden
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'Alcohol use is an under-recognized cancer risk factor and could be more widely included in comprehensive cancer control plans...'
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#AlcoholHarms #Cancer #AlcPolPrio

Just like the tobacco industry before it, the alcohol industry is adept at doing anything to protect its health-harming product – including denying the health risks associated with alcohol. #industrywatch #publichealth #FactCheck
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This excellent article by Ted Alcorn highlights the need for cancer warnings on alcohol, the ways that lobbyists try to stop them from being implemented & the incredible advocacy of Sheila Gilheany & the team at AlcoholActionIreland to advance cancer warnings.

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This is definitely worth a watch if you would like to know the impact alcohol has on the heart & how the alcohol industry has tried to influence research on the topic.🔽
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#AlcoholisToxic

April is #BowelCancerAwarenessMonth . As one of the 7 types of cancer caused by alcohol, it’s important to know that even moderate drinking can lead to bowel cancer. The more you cut down, the more you can help reduce your risk. GP Dr David Cummins 🔽
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Drinking alcohol directly contributes to cardiovascular disease. Yet for many years, the idea that alcohol, particularly red wine, is good for the heart has inundated media, policy and been spread by industry misinformation. IAS video here:
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