News analysis:A world apart(4)

“We are convinced that feasible and effective solutions can only be reached with the involvement of all stakeholders and with full consideration of all the evidence.

“The trade is equally eager to take on the challenge of harmful drinking and to show what role we play alongside other stakeholders.”

Dr Margaret Chan, director general, WHO
“I am talking with executives of multiple industries except for one – the tobacco industry.”

Oscar Léon Gonzalez, Cuban Foreign Ministry
“People can’t understand why Sweden is pushing the alcohol question so hard when people are dying of Aids, tuberculosis and malaria in their countries.”

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