Press Release: 46 businesses and NGOs take action to curb alcohol abuse in Europe

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Series Details IP/08/589 (16.04.08)
Publication Date 16/04/2008
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EU Commissioner for Health, Androulla Vassiliou welcomed the commitments made by 46 businesses and non-governmental organisations to curb alcohol abuse at the European Alcohol and Health Forum in Brussels on 16 April, 2008. This initiative brought together stakeholders to commit to concrete actions. To date, the forum has received a total of 78 commitments from companies and health groups ranging from midwives and doctors associations, European temperance societies, public health NGOs to Heineken International, Bacardi-Martini and Moët Hennessy to retailers including the Delhaize group and Ahold N.V. .

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European Commission: SPEECH/08/198: Curbing Alcohol Abuse in Europe http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/08/198&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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