EPISODE · Feb 14, 2022 · 1H 2M
Big Alcohol’s Attack on the EU’s Beating Cancer Plan - A Case Study
from Alcohol Issues · host Movendi International
Big Alcohol’s Attack on the EU’s Beating Cancer Plan The Alcohol Issues Podcast – Season 2 Episode 04 This podcast episode is part of Movendi International’s work to promote evidence-based alcohol policy development at all levels and to translate scientific evidence into policy action that protects people and communities from alcohol harm. Alcohol’s cancer burden in Europe The products and practices of the alcohol industry cause a massive burden of harm, including cancer. But most people remain unaware of this extent and severity of alcohol harm. For instance, in the European Union, in 2016 cancer was the most common cause of alcohol-related deaths at 29%. Alcohol causes 7 types of cancer. Low-dose alcohol consumption levels caused almost 23,000 new cancer cases in the EU in 2017, and accounted for 13.3% of all alcohol-attributable cancers. Almost half of these (∼11,000 cases) were female breast cancers. More than a third of the cancer cases due to low-dose alcohol use resulted from a level of
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The products and practices of the alcohol industry cause a massive burden of harm. But most people remain unaware of this extent and severity of alcohol harm. For instance, in the European Union, in 2016 cancer was the most common cause of alcohol-related deaths at 29%. The products and practices of the alcohol industry cause 7 types of cancer. However, despite decades of growing scientific evidence, the general public remains largely unaware about the fact that alcohol causes cancer. One reason why is because Big Alcohol aggressively blocks this knowledge from reaching the public. The alcohol industry uses various strategies to cast doubt about the science but they do more than that: alcohol industry lobbyists interfere against public health policy making that aims to protect people and communities from alcohol harm. Right now such a battle between corporate profit interest versus people’s health is taking place in the European Parliament. Host Maik Dünnbier talks with Emil Juslin and Runa Neely of IOGT-NTO’s Brussels office about what is unfolding in the European Parliament. This discussion is a case study of alcohol industry interference in real time.
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