A Paton - European Alcohol Action Plan. 1993. Three documents in the 1990s have tried to establish the basis for national and international action on alcohol. European Region, signed by 43 member countries. The plan combines a population-based approach, aiming to establish lower drinking levels as the norm, with a high risk approach, identifying and helping individuals with problems. The Action Plan aims to flesh out the Health for All target.
All people have the right to valid information on the consequences of alcohol.
All children have the right to grow up in an environment protected from the negative consequences of alcohol. All people who do not wish to or cannot consume alcohol have the right to be safeguarded from the pressures to drink. The Charter was adopted by 49 countries at a ministerial conference in Paris, December 1995, but does not have the force of law. It suggests 10 strategy areas, broadly in line with the other documents.