European Alcohol and Health Forum
More than 40 businesses and non-governmental organisations, responding to a European Commission initiative, agreed on 7 June 2007 to take action to protect European citizens from the harmful use of alcohol. EU Health Commissioner Markos Kyprianou and representatives of the businesses and NGO's signed in Brussels the Charter establishing the European Alcohol and Health Forum . The Forum, scheduled to meet twice a year, is to focus especially on concrete actions to protect children and young people and to prevent irresponsible commercial alcohol communication and sales. The move comes at a time when an estimated 200,000 Europeans die every year because of harmful alcohol use. More than one out of four deaths among young men is attributed to alcohol
Founding Members
- Advertising Information Group
- Association of European Cancer Leagues
- Association of Small and Independent Breweries
- Association of Television and Radio Sales Houses (egta)
- Comite European des Enterprises Vins (CEEV)
- Committee of Professional Agricultural Organisations in the EU General Confederation of Agricultural Cooperatives in the EU (COPA-COGECA)
- EUROCARE
- EUROCOMMERCE
- European Association of Communication Agencies
- European Federation of Associations of Beers and Beverages Wholesalers (CEGROBB)
- European Federation of Magazine Publishers (FAEP)
- European Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless (FEANTSA)
- European Forum for Responsible Drinking (EFRD)
- European Midwives Association (EMA)
- European Mutual Help Network for individuals and families with Alcohol Related Problems (EMNA)
- European Public Health Alliance
- European Public Health Alliance
- European Publishers Council (EPC)
- European Sponsership Association (ESA)
- European Transport Safety Council
- European Youth Forum
- Institute de Recherches Scientifiques sur les boissons alcoolisees (IREB)
- International Center for Alcohol Policies (ICAP)
- ReLeaf
- Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME)
- The Brewers of Europe
- The European Spirits Organisation
- World Federation of Advertisers
Notes
- ^ Europa Website Public Health Last Accessed 28th June 2007
