The Alcohol Issues Newsletter
– Special Edition 2023 Review –
Alcohol Issues Highlights and Top Stories from 2023
In the 2023 Review of Alcohol Issues, we summarize the 6 biggest alcohol issues of the year:
- Alcohol policy progress worldwide
- Alcohol taxation improvements
- Alcohol warning labelling
- Improving alcohol consumption guidelines worldwide
- Alcohol and cancer
- The changing alcohol norm
We curate the 5 most popular alcohol policy news stories and the 5 most popular alcohol science digests from 2023.
We share 4 good news stories from community action.
We bring you the 3 most-read opinion columns and the 3 most popular guest expert blog posts from our Global Voices Blog Portal.
We collect 7 landmark tools, manuals, and resources from the World Health Organization regarding alcohol issues in 2023.
And we provide a unique overview of 22 stories revealing the predatory practices of alcohol companies in 2023 – exposing Big Alcohol’s unethical business methods across the Dubious 5, including a case study and 8 conflict of interest and exploitation examples.
The 6 Biggest Alcohol Issues Stories of 2023
In the 2023 Review of Alcohol Issues, we summarize the 6 biggest alcohol issues of the year:
- Alcohol policy progress worldwide.
- Alcohol taxation is becoming the priority it should be.
- Alcohol warning labelling: people support it and some countries take the lead.
- Guidelines (diet, nutrition, cancer prevention) on alcohol consumption keep improving worldwide.
- Growing recognition of the direct link between alcohol and cancer.
- The changing alcohol norm.
Most Read News, Science and Blogs on the Alcohol Issues News Center in 2023
In 2023, Movendi International published more than 290 stories on our Alcohol Issues News Center: more than 140 Alcohol policy news stories, more than 70 science digests, as well as community solutions stories, opinion columns, and guest expert blog posts.
Some of this reporting, analysis, and resources received significant attention and helped shape the alcohol policy discourse. In this story we provide an overview of the most popular content in 2023.
In the 2023 Review of Alcohol Issues, we provide an overview the most popular content on our News Center of the year:
- 5 most popular alcohol policy news stories,
- 5 most popular science digest updates,
- 5 good news stories from community action in 2023,
- 3 most read guest expert blog posts, and
- 3 most read opinion columns.
7 Landmark Alcohol Policy Tools, Manuals, and Resources from the World Health Organization in 2023
2023 was a big year with regards to new landmark alcohol policy tools and manuals, briefs, and other key resources developed by the World Health Organization to inform and support evidence-based alcohol policy making, reporting about alcohol issues, and community action.
In the 2023 Review of Alcohol Issues, we collect seven landmark tools, manuals, and resources from the World Health Organization regarding alcohol issues in 2023.
22 Case Stories of Big Alcohol Misconduct in 2023
We reveal the unethical and often predatory practices of Big Alcohol through a unique overview of 22 case stories of misconduct by alcohol companies in 2023 – exposing Big Alcohol’s unethical business methods across the Dubious 5, including an alcohol marketing case study and 4 conflict of interest case study. In addition, we also expose five cases of alcohol industry exploitation of people and societies:
- 4 Conflict of interest case studies from 2023
- The Dubious 5 – Exposing Big Alcohol’s Political Interference, Promotion, Sabotage, Manipulation, and Deception in 2023
- 5 examples of alcohol industry exploitation of people and societies.
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