EUROPEAN COMMISSION HAS WATERED DOWN ALCOHOL CLAIMS HEALTH LOBBY
October 1st, 2006
BY ALAN OSBORN
THE EUROPEAN Commission has drastically watered down a European Union (EU) alcohol abuse action plan, which health campaigners fear was in response to a powerful lobbying campaign earlier this year by the drinks industry. Earlier drafts from Brussels indicated that producers would have been forced to print health warnings on labels and restrict or censor advertising. The possibility of higher excise taxes to deter alcohol consumption was also raised. But the communication on alcohol published in October steers well clear of all this. There is to ...
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