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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Big Alcohol‘s Global Playbook: New markets, reduced regulation and lower taxes


As the global alcohol industry becomes increasingly concentrated in a few big international companies, its practices around the world become remarkably similar. Public health professionals seeking to reduce the harm from alcohol can benefit from documenting and analyzing these trends and from studying the efficacy of differing responses. Several recent reports illustrate these convergences. > > > > Read More