Alcohol Issues Newsletter
October 07 – 19, 2023
Weekly Top Stories
- Dominican Republic Government Plans to Raise Alcohol Taxes in Overall Tax Reform
- Dark Apps: How Alcohol Industry Funded Digital Tools Function As Covert Marketing Channels
- Exposed: Some U.S. Congress Members Interfere Against Independent Alcohol Research
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- Redefine Alcohol: WHO Europe Launches New Initiative
- Polish Government Takes Action to Protect Children From Alcohol Products Made to Mimick Children’s Drinks
- Revelations About Big Alcohol Lobbying Spark Community Concerns in Scotland
Top Story in Policy
Top Story in Science
Top Story in Big Alcohol Exposed
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Alcohol Issues Special Feature – No. 42
Breast Cancer Awareness Month Special
Lived experience stories and calls to action by affected people, as well as world class science about the link between alcohol and breast cancer.
We care about cancer. We want our families and communities to be protected from cancer as much as possible. And we want our governments to take action for cancer prevention and control.
But the alcohol industry wants the opposite: they want to keep people in the dark about the fact that their products cause cancer. And they want to exploit breast cancer awareness to look good and sell more of the products.
Read Carolin’s and Amy’s stories and their calls to action.
Read Kristina’s and Runa’s and Therese’s analysis of why science matters and Big Alcohol’s conflict of interest.
What the science says about the link between alcohol and breast cancer, and what the science says about the potential of alcohol policy solutions to help prevent and reduce breast cancer cases and deaths: Listen to Kendra and read an overview of world class science.