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At the time that the European Commission has been preparing its own strategy on alcohol to cover the full range of activity that takes place at a European level, it called for an analysis of the health, social and economic impact of alcohol in Europe.
This is the present report, which is an expert synthesis of published reviews, systematic reviews, meta-analyses and individual papers, as well as an analysis of data made available by the European Commission and the World Health Organization.
The report views alcohol policy as “serving the interests of public health and social wellbeing through its impact on health and social determinants.” This is embedded in a public health framework, a process to “mobilize local, state, national and international resources to ensure the conditions in which people can be healthy”.
A standardized terminology has been proposed throughout the report based on that of the World Health Organization, the specialized United Nations agency on health matters.
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