Alcohol

Question 1

COVERS THE DEVELOPMENT OR STRENGTHENING OF STRATEGIES TO REDUCE HARMFUL ALCOHOL USE, COORDINATION OF NATIONAL STRATEGIES WITH OTHER RELEVANT SECTORS AND BROAD ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND EDUCATION ON ALCOHOL USE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.

Answer 1

Leadership Awareness and Commitment

Question 2

INCLUDES POLICY OPTIONS AND INTERVENTIONS SUCH AS INCREASING THE CAPACITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE SYSTEMS TO IMPLEMENT PREVENTION AND TREATMENT EFFECTS.

Answer 2

Health Service Response

Question 3

CONTAINS EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN THE ABILITY OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO ENCOURAGE AND COORDINATE COMMUNITY ACTION, TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY BASED INTERVENTIONS AND AS ACTIVATE COMMUNITIES TO PREVENTS SALE AND CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL TO UNDERAGE DRINKERS.

Answer 3

Community Action

Question 4

THESE COMPRISE INTERVENTIONS LIKE SETTING HIGHER LIMITS FOR BLOOD ALCOHOL INTERVENTIONS, CONDUCTING SOBRIETY CHECKS, AND ENCOURAGING PROVISIONS FOR ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORT AFTER THE CLOSING TIME OF ALCOHOL- SERVING ESTABLISHMENTS.

Answer 4

DRINK-DRIVE POLICIES AND COUNTER MEASURES

Question 5

THIS INCORPORATES MEASURES SUCH AS SYSTEMS TO REGULATE PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF ALCOHOL, SETTING A MINIMUM LEGAL DRINKING AGE, AND ADOPTING POLICIES TO PREVENT THE SALE OF ALCOHOL TO INTOXICATED PEOPLE AND UNDERAGE DRINKERS.

Answer 5

Availability of alcohol

Question 6

THIS EMBODIES MEASURES TO REGULATE MARKETING OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.

Answer 6

MARKETING OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

Question 7

THESE EMBRACE AN APPROPRIATE TAXATION SYSTEM, SETTING MINIMUM PRICES FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, AND BANNING OR RESTRICTING PRICED- BASED PROMOTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.

Answer 7

Pricing Policies

Question 8

TO MINIMIZE VIOLENCE AND REDUCE ALCOHOL STRENGTH OF THE DIFFERENT BEVERAGE CATEGORIES AND PROVIDING SHELTER OR CARE FOR SEVERELY INTOXICATED PEOPLE.

Answer 8

PERMITITING SALE OF ALCOHOL ONLY IN PLASTIC CONTAINERS

Question 9

agreement that seeks to protect the present and future generations from devastating health, social, environmental and economic consequences of consuming tobacco and exposure to it.

Answer 9

FCTC

Question 10

the 56th World Health Assembly adopted the WHO FCTC Treaty which came to into force on February 27,
2005, signed by 168 countries.

Answer 10

May 21, 2003