IOGT-NTO in Sweden: The alcohol consumption in EU is now in your hands to reduce, mr Barosso!
IOGT-NTO in Sweden:
The alcohol consumption in EU is now in your hands to reduce, mr Barosso!
The EU commission has the mission given from council of ministers to develop an alcohol strategy. This is an important breakthrough for the public health perspective and proofs that alcohol is no ordinary commodity. Therefore we are worried to see how the drinks industry puts lots of efforts in stopping this strategy.
"IOGT-NTO calls on Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso to personally ensure that the European Commission adopts an Alcohol and health strategy which builds on effective policy measures to reduce overall alcohol consumption in the EU." says president Sven-Olov Carlsson.
"If the strategy is not adopted it will take us several steps back concerning the work on one of the main causes to deceases, early deaths and many social problems specially reaching for young people" says mr Carlsson.
He has therefore sent a letter to the president of the EU commission urging him to put efforts on having the strategy adopted.
For more information, please contact: president Sven-Olov Carlsson, phone number +46 70 554 99 89 or the IOGT-NTO press contact, phone number +46 733 72 62 00
IOGT-NTO is Swedens leading advocacy NGO on alcohol. Its vision is a society and a world where people can live their lives free from the obstacle of alcohol and other drugs. Founded more than 125 years ago, the IOGT-NTO and its associated youth organizations has 75,000 individual members. IOGT- NTO is active at local, regional, national, European and international levels. (http://www.iogt.se)