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- CONFERENCE LAW ENFORCEMENT
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| ER-visits: more alcohol intoxications and accidents with alcohol (17 December 2018) Today, VeiligheidNL published 'Alcohol intoxications and accidents with alcohol; emergency room visits 2017'. The figures show a steadily increasing number of incidents in the Netherlands. It is not clear whether, or to what extent, this increase can be explained by an improvement in the registration of alcohol-related health incidents. More >> | |
| Heineken sticks to beer promotional girls (26 November 2018) Heineken keeps using promotional girls, who seduce customers in bars and streets to drink more beer. Heineken CEO Jean-François van Boxmeer said this in an interview in Het Financieele Dagblad. More >> | |
| National Prevention Agreement launched today (23 November 2018) Today at The Hague, the National Prevention Agreement has been presented. The document consists of a package of projects and measures on reducing smoking, overweight and problematic alcohol use. State Secretary Paul Blokhuis of Health, Welfare and Sport has sent it - on behalf of the cabinet - to Dutch Parliament. More >> | |
| Coalition parties criticize plans for smoking, drinking and obesity (1 November 2018) Three of the four coalition parties do not fully support state secretary Paul Blokhuis’ plans to clamp down on smoking, obesity and alcohol abuse, sources have told broadcaster RTL Nieuws. He is going too fast. Only Blokhuis' own party, the Protestant party ChristenUnie, fully supports him. More >> | |
| STAP fears that alcohol sales via bol.com may lead to greater alcohol consumption (4 October 2018) Bol.com started alcohol sales on Wednesday. If the buyer is too young, the packages will not be delivered. But according to the Dutch Institute for Alcohol Policy STAP director Wim van Dalen it is doubtful if age checks will work. More >> | |
| Sharp increase in amount of alcohol consumed by Dutch men (25 September 2018) A decreasing number of Dutch consume alcohol, but those who do are drinking more and more, according to figures from the World Health Organization. According to the Dutch Institute for Alcohol Policy STAP, the increase in alcohol consumption is especially significant among Dutch men. More >> |
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Facts and Figures
Here some important facts and figures about alcohol consumption and problems in the Netherlands.
STAP is an independent knowledge institute
that advocates for effective alcohol policy
and public awareness of the health risks of alcohol.