Submitted on Friday 10th January 2014
Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Minimum pricing on alcohol
I was shocked to read the article in the British Medical Journal which demonstrates how a Government, which we elect, is more influenced by alcohol companies and stakeholders than Health Professionals.
Why do we allow this?...do you know a person with an alcohol problem?... or even worse, would your child develop one?
Please see the link below:
http://www.bmj.com/content/348/bmj.f7646
extract from BMJ article
"In a BMJ investigation, Jonathan Gornall discovers that the government consultation into introducing a minimum unit price for alcohol in England and Wales was a sham and that politicians ignored the strong health evidence in favour of protecting the interests of industry"
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