The European Parliament ignores scientific evidence connecting alcohol and cancer

IOGT-NTO's hope for a continued, evidence-based, focus on public health came to an abrupt halt in the ENVI-committee of the European Parliament on the 7th of November. In the vote on the report on Noncommunicable Diseases, a majority of delegates chose to disregard the scientific evidence on the carcinogenic effects of alcohol.Following the global pandemic, which unified public policy, public health agencies and scientific research across the union, IOGT-NTO had high hopes as the ENVI committee was to vote on the European Parliament Report on Non-Communicable Diseases (“the NCD-report") on