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Letter to the editor: Philip Morris International has not been a member of ICAP or IARD’s board of directors.

January 11, 2020

IARD submitted the following letter to the International Journal of Health Policy and Management on 19 December 2019 in response to the publication: Delobelle P. Big tobacco, alcohol, and food and NC Ds in LMI Cs: an inconvenient truth and call to ...

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IARD welcomes William Grant & Sons as a member

December 11, 2019

IARD welcomes William Grant & Sons as a member The International Alliance for Responsible Drinking (IARD) is delighted to announce global premium spirits business William Grant & Sons as a new member. William Grant & Sons join 11 of the ...

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Leading beer, wine, and spirits producers and world’s prominent digital platforms put in place further safeguards to prevent minors seeing alcohol marketing online

November 18, 2019

We the members of the International Alliance for Responsible Drinking (IARD), together with Facebook (incl. Instagram), Snapchat, and You Tube are determined to continue to establish new standards of marketing responsibility. Together, we want to make it easy for even the ...

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Substantial decline in drink driving deaths

October 17, 2019

Drink-driving fatalities declined in 34 of 36 countries worldwide for which official national data is available.Fatalities reduced in 24 of 26 countries in Europe between 2006 and 2016.14 European countries saw a drop of at least 50% over this period, ...

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Global binge drinking in decline and Europe is leading the way

September 30, 2019

Binge drinking among Europeans aged between 20 and 24 years fell by almost a quarter (23%) between 2005 and 2016.Binge drinking has declined by 18% or more in four out of six WHO regions between 2005 and 2016. Across Europe ...

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Underage drinking declining in many countries worldwide, new analysis shows

August 13, 2019

Underage drinking has fallen in over two-thirds of the 63 countries where national data is available, since 2003.Australia, all parts of Great Britain, and Trinidad and Tobago have seen declines of more than 40%.The International Alliance for Responsible Drinking is ...

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Leading beer, wine, and spirits producers have joined forces with some of the world’s prominent digital platforms to set and deliver new and robust standards of responsibility for their wider industries.

September 18, 2018

September 19th, 2018 Today, we announce a unique partnership between the eleven leading beer, wine, and spirits companies that form the International Alliance for Responsible Drinking (IARD), and four of the leading global internet platforms: Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter and You Tube.

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Five years on: World’s leading beer, wine, and spirits producers have reached hundreds of millions of people across the globe in their mission to combat harmful drinking

September 10, 2018

The 11 companies behind some of the world’s most popular beer, wine, and spirits brands have forged new and innovative partnerships across sectors through their Producers’ Commitments.Achievements include:Delivering an average of 347 drink driving prevention programs per year between 2014 ...

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IARD member statement on alcohol and health (Sept 2018)

September 1, 2018

For many adults in many cultures, enjoying a beer, spirits, or wine is an important part of their social lives. Many lifestyle choices carry potential risks and benefits. While some people choose not to drink, health authorities in many countries ...

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International Alliance for Responsible Drinking Response to The Lancet Study

August 24, 2018

The following response to the Lancet study 'Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016' was provided on August 24th. “We are committed to encouraging responsible choices ...

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