IARC Handbooks of Cancer Prevention Volume 20B

A Working Group of international experts was convened by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) to review and assess all available evidence on the effectiveness of selected alcohol policies in reducing consumption of alcoholic beverages at the population level. Although alcoholic beverages were classified as carcinogenic to humans (Group 1) several decades ago, no such evaluations had been performed so far.
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This new infographic summarizes the outcomes of the IARC Handbooks Volume 20B meeting. The Working Group evaluated the effectiveness of selected alcohol policies in reducing consumption of alcoholic beverages at the population level.

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