Good practice principles low rik drinking EU RARHA

Table of contents
Executive summary .............................................................................................................................. 7
Foreword ............................................................................................................................................. 11
Introduction ........................................................................................................................................ 13
Chapter 1 Joint Action on Reducing Alcohol Related Harm (RARHA) ............................................... 15
Work Package “Guidelines” .................................................................................................................. 15
References ........................................................................................................................................... 16
Chapter 2 Towards a common approach in the use of drinking guidelines to reduce alcohol
related harm ....................................................................................................................................... 17
RARHA survey on low risk drinking guidelines in Europe ...................................................................... 18
Guidelines on low risk drinking evolve with evidence ........................................................................... 20
Methodological choices in defining low risk from alcohol consumption ................................................ 21
Lifetime risk of alcohol-attributable mortality in selected European countries ..................................... 23
Guidelines on drinking patterns ........................................................................................................... 24
Variability across population groups .................................................................................................... 25
Variability across situations .................................................................................................................. 26
Public health relevance of low risk drinking guidelines ......................................................................... 26
RARHA Delphi panel’s views on the purposes of low risk drinking guidelines ........................................ 27
Towards a common concept of low risk drinking .................................................................................. 28
Good practice principles for low risk drinking guidelines ...................................................................... 30
References ........................................................................................................................................... 31
Chapter 3 The Standard Drink concept and consumer information on alcoholic beverages ............ 34
Uses of Standard Drink definitions ....................................................................................................... 35
The Standard Drink concept in European countries .............................................................................. 36
People’s understanding of Standard Drinks .......................................................................................... 37
Practical usefulness of an agreed EU Standard Drink definition ............................................................ 38
Support for a common concept among the RARHA Delphi expert panel .............................................. 39
Health-related information on alcoholic beverage labels ...................................................................... 40
Call for adequate consumer information on alcoholic beverage packages ............................................ 41
Conclusions .......................................................................................................................................... 42
References ........................................................................................................................................... 43
Chapter 4 Guidance to reduce alcohol-related harm for young people ............................................. 45
Snapshot of drinking by young people in Europe .................................................................................. 45
Harmful effects of alcohol for young people ......................................................................................... 46
Methodology ....................................................................................................................................... 46
Guidance on alcohol and young people in European countries ............................................................. 46
Expert consensus ................................................................................................................................. 47
Convergence and divergence ............................................................................................................... 48
Challenges for reducing alcohol-related harm for young people ........................................................... 48
Measures and Good Practices .............................................................................................................. 49
Conclusions and recommendations ...................................................................................................... 50
References ........................................................................................................................................... 51
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Good practice principles for low risk drinking guidelines