Alcohol Issues - Lithuania's journey to worldwide alcohol policy-making role model

Alcohol Issues - Episode 5

Lithuania's journey to worldwide alcohol policy-making role model

Movendi International's weekly conversation about the latest alcohol issues in policy and science and new alcohol industry revelations.

For this fifth episode, we are talking with Nijole Gostautaite Midttun, the President of the Lithuanian Tobacco and Alcohol Control Coalition (NTAKK).

This week we are joined by Nijole  Gostautaite Midttun. Nijole is the President of the Lithuanian Tobacco and Alcohol Control Coalition. In the conversation with Nijole, we follow-up on a topic that Dag Rekve from the World Health Organization raised in the first two episodes of The Alcohol Issues Podcast: national alcohol policy making success stories. Dag talked about Russia. But of course there are more countries, and Lithuania is one of the most remarkable success stories in the world. And Nijole has been right in the center of advocacy for evidence-based alcohol laws in Lithuania in recent years.

With Nijole, we are getting into the weeds of alcohol policy making. We talk about the alcohol burden in Lithuania and why the country needed to address alcohol urgently. We also discuss in detail what the alcohol policy solutions entail and which barriers and obstacles had to be overcome. And Nijole shares some insights public opinion today regarding the alcohol laws. We discuss past, present and even explore the future of alcohol policy making in Lithuania. 

 

This week we highlight four alcohol issues that we think deserve special attention.In policy news, we talk about the first indications of success with Minimum Unit Pricing in Wales and we discuss what happens to alcohol harm when Uber comes to town. In this week’s Science Digest we look at new research into risk factors for adolescent alcohol use and trajectories of alcohol harm in adult life. In the Big Alcohol Watch we expose how Coca-Cola is pushing into alcohol markets around the world, targeting youth and women.

 

Resources for the conversation with Nijole Gostautaite Midttun

 

Follow NTAKK on Twitter.

1. Lithuania: Parliament Passes Alcohol Policy Measures. Read more here...
2. Lithuania: Most People Happy with Alcohol Retail Laws. Read more here...
3. Contrasts in Alcohol-Related Mortality in Czechia and Lithuania. Read more here...

More from the NTAKK website.

 

Resources for the weekly alcohol issues update

 

1. Wales: Alcohol Use Falls After MUP Introduction. Read more here...
2. Since Uber Came to Town: Ride-Sharing Fuels Alcohol Harm. Read more here...
3. Adolescent Alcohol Use Trajectories: Risk Factors and Adult Outcomes. Read more here...
4. Coca-Cola Pushes into Big Alcohol, Plans Launch of First Alcohol Product in USA by 2021. Read more here...

 

For feedback, questions and suggestions of future topics, please get in touch at: info@movendi.ngo 

 

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