Alcohol 'a growing menace in advanced and newer economies'
OECD: Counselling, enforcement, higher prices can help
Tokyo
HARMFUL drinking is on the rise among young people and women in many countries as a result of alcohol becoming more widely available, more affordable and more effectively advertised, said the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
In a report on Tuesday, it noted that although the problem is most acute in the more advanced OECD economies, alcohol consumption has also leapt in Russia, Brazil, India and China; in India and China, the rise was happening from a low base, the Paris-based organisation said.
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