Bhutan is stepping up its efforts to prevent and reduce non-communicable diseases, which cause 72% of deaths in the country. Starting next year, new taxes on harmful products and industries will increase prices of alcohol and tobacco. Bhutan complements these fiscal measures with better regulations, lowered blood alcohol concentration levels to prevent alcohol impaired driving, awareness campaigns, and expanded treatment for people with alcohol and other substance use disorders. Bhutan's alco...| Movendi International
The latest draft of the UN Political Declaration (Revision 3) brings back two references to alcohol policy best buys—barely avoiding complete meaninglessness. Yet the draft still falls short of previous global commitments to accelerate action, ignores WHO guidance, sidesteps the scientific evidence, and fails to match the scale of the alcohol burden.| Movendi International