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Four corporate products, alcohol, tobacco, ultra-processed foods & fossil fuels, cause 19 million deaths a year globally – 34% of all deaths. Time for politicians to say enough is enough & restrict the marketing of these products
https://www.theguardian.com/global/article/2024/jun/27/ultra-processed-foods-need-tobacco-style-warnings-says-scientist?CMP=share_btn_url
Ultra-processed foods need tobacco-style warnings, says scientist
UPFs should also be heavily taxed due to impact on health and mortality, says scientist who coined term
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'We have outsourced our social obligations to commerce. Big tech's business model is data, which comes from all of us.' @ChildRightsIRL highlighting how children's rights in a digital world are compromised by targeted online advertising @Tanya_Ward @CNaM_ie
Ireland has not adjusted its alcohol excise duties for a decade so their real value is now at least 15% lower than in 2013. Raising duties saves lives. Eg 10% rise associated with 7% fall in road deaths. @jackfchambers
Press release from today's @WHO event re alcohol and other drug use. Link to full report here also:
https://www.who.int/news/item/25-06-2024-over-3-million-annual-deaths-due-to-alcohol-and-drug-use-majority-among-men
This is why it is so crucial to tackle alcohol harm across Europe in order to improve economic sustainability.
Alcohol often kills people at a young age. It is 𝐭𝐡𝐞 leading risk factor for death, ill-health and disability among 15-49-year-olds worldwide.
📢Access to treatment for people with hazardous alcohol use and alcohol use disorder remains very low, as well as access to medications for treatment of alcohol use disorders.
Tuned into the @WHO global status report on alcohol and health and treatment of substance use disorders.
"Alcohol and alcoholic beverages contain ethanol, which is a psychoactive and toxic substance with dependence-producing properties."
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/alcohol
📢Alcohol consumption, even at low levels can bring health risks, but most alcohol related harms come from heavy episodic or heavy continuous alcohol consumption.
📢Overall, the proportion of people with alcohol use disorders in contact with treatment services varies from less than 1% to no more than 14% in all countries where such data are available.
#BigAlcohol wants us to think we can't enjoy football without alcohol
Read our joint report with @SHAAPAlcohol on why it's time to blow the whistle on alcohol sponsorship of sport🔽
https://www.alcohol-focus-scotland.org.uk/resources/afs-and-shaap-2020-time-to-blow-the-whistle-on-alcohol-sport-sponsorship-low-res.pdf
Great from @CancerwatchUK - "a recent survey and study of many of these organisations highlighted what CancerWatch believes could be a relative weakness in our collective fight against cancer: a lack of attention on preventing cancer in the first place."
https://www.ias.org.uk/2024/06/25/alcohol-labelling-must-be-part-of-a-manifesto-for-cancer-prevention/
"An obvious, and vital, next step is the proper labelling of alcohol products. It is absurd that consumers get more information about the health implications for a bottle of orange juice than a bottle of wine.
Consumer awareness of the link between alcohol and cancer is very poor, and better transparency is vital. Ireland have already taken action on mandatory alcohol labelling and the UK should follow in its footsteps, the sooner the better."
✅Delighted to support this great campaign from @Barnardos_IRL
🗣️Children need to have their voices heard
#KidsvsDomesticViolence
Children and young people must be recognised as victims of domestic violence in their own right.
#KidsvsDomesticViolence
What we're working on now
Highlighting the harm caused by problem alcohol use in the home and its impact across the lifespan.
There are significant concerns about aspects of the Sale of Alcohol Bill which are likely to lead to increased alcohol harm.
Ireland’s Public Health Alcohol Act is based on WHO ‘best buys’ of price, promotion & availability to tackle alcohol harm.
Harnessesing the lived experience of people in recovery from alcohol to drive policy change.
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