The WHO wants to stop the damaging effects of “passive drinking” (Image: Matt Cardy/Getty)
THE first global plan to tackle the demon drink has been backed by almost every country in the world.
On 21 May, the World Health Organization’s 193 member states via a strategy hashed out over the last two years.
This provides a list of suggested actions and laws for combating alcohol abuse, which accounts for 2.5 million deaths a year worldwide. Much of the impetus for the plan comes from a growing acceptance that heavy drinkers don’t just…
