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The prevention of alcoholism financed by the sector lobby goes badly. In a text published in Le Monde on Tuesday, various health experts have denounced
a text presented on June 27 at the Elysee, where the alcohol lobby proposed to provide financial badistance – up to 5 million euros over four years – to the public health plan on the prevention of alcoholism . "His speech [du lobby] is of angelic simplicity: Let us do it! Believe us on word! Sleep good people! Trust our sense of responsibility! Write the signatories of the tribune. They point to the amount invested by the alcohol lobby in this alcohol prevention plan, but also a conflict of interest in this issue.
Arrests last February by Emmanuel Macron, producers and At the end of June, wine, spirits and beer dealers proposed to participate in the financing of prevention actions against alcohol dependence, which is responsible for 135 deaths per day in France. The lobby that finances prevention, the announcement was the effect of a first in France. A decision that had excited some without convincing others
For health specialists gathered around the text relayed by Le Monde the goal of the alcohol lobby is primarily "to create a cloud of smoke, and prevent any effective prevention policy. " Among the signatories of the forum are the addictologists Michel Reynaud and Amine Benyamina, the pulmonologist Irène Frachon and the epidemiologist Catherine Hill. They see it as the "cynicism of a lobby that only seeks to preserve its own interests, whatever their consequences". As a reminder, alcohol consumption in France is one of the highest in the world with 11.6 liters of pure alcohol equivalent per capita in 2016, more than Russia.
Rather 100 million euros [19659006] In addition to the "cynicism" of lobbyists, the signatories of the tribune denounce the "conflict of interest" that, according to them, represents the presence of Audrey Bourolleau as Elysée's Agriculture Advisor. The case was revealed and detailed by Mediapart . Before joining Emmanuel Macron's teams,
Audrey Bourolleau held the position of Delegate General of the Wine Lobby
In addition, part of the text drafted by health specialists deals with the financing of alcoholism prevention. They pinpoint in particular the "stinginess" of the alcohol lobby, which "tries to put a hypothetical funding of the prevention of 5 million euros for a decisive contribution, while the cumulated turnover of the sector is counted in billions.
Finally, the instigators of the forum are asking for more resources with the creation of "an alcohol prevention fund worthy of the name", which "benefits from the same endowment as the tobacco fund and is under the responsibility of the Ministry of Finance. the health ". A tobacco fund worth 100 million euros
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