Trends in the levels and patterns of consumption, however, are not as clear-cut. A new approach to public health reporting is being proposed. Poverty and ill health form a vicious circle. Poverty and ill health form a vicious circle. By Professor Griffith Edwards, Emeritus Professor of Addiction Behaviour .
All health policies require the informed support of the people they aim to benefit.
This is especially true of alcohol policy, where what is being dealt with is often a cultural symbol, a leisure activity and a tradeable commodity, as well as an issue relevant to health. European Comparative Alcohol Study. . One in four deaths in young men in Europe due to alcohol . The WHO Global Burden of Disease Study. 2000 Study, by J rgen Rehm et al. presents preliminary findings on alcohol and young people.