Young India Youth Parliament session on alcohol policy held during Nada Youth Conclave 2021 (India International Center Annexe Delhi)
Nada Young India Network for Good Health members would like to emphasise on our recommendations by looking at proposed Alcohol Policy objectives from four main perspectives:
Minimising Acceptability,
Affordability,
Accessibility & Availability of alcohol in India.
India News By IANS, New Delhi: A new report by a group of NGOs Tuesday highlighted the ill-effects of advertising and marketing of alcohol on young people, and proposed a comprehensive ban on all kinds of marketing strategies that seek to portray drinking as normal. "To reduce alcohol consumption, it is very important that the governments enforce a comprehensive ban on all kinds of advertising of alcohol brands and products. "A separate government agency should be formed to monitor this ban," said the report titled "Alcohol Marketing and Regulatory Policy Environment in India" released here. The report was developed by the Public Health Foundation of India in collaboration with Delhi-based NGO Hriday and Swedish National Institute of Public Health. Monika Arora, director of the health promotions unit of Public Health Foundation of India blamed advertising for promoting the use of alcohol among youth. "It has been seen that children wh...
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