This case study for international policymakers and advocates shares key learnings, insights, barriers and enablers from World Cancer Research Fund’s June 2025 Cancer Prevention Action Week campaign, which raised awareness of the link between alcohol and cancer and called for a National Alcohol Strategy for England.

Response from World Cancer Research Fund to the UK government’s call for evidence on reforms to the licensing system, setting out our opposition to the proposed changes. Submitted November 2025.

Response from World Cancer Research Fund ahead of the UK Autumn Budget 2025, in support of an alcohol duty, minimum unit pricing, expanded soft drinks industry levy and uplifted public health grant. Submitted October 2025.

Our response to the consultation in Wales around the potential introduction of alcohol Minimum Unit Pricing. Submitted September 2025.

Statement prepared for the UN High-Level Meeting on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases and the Promotion of Mental Health by World Cancer Research Fund International.

Prepared September 2025.

Comments from World Cancer Research Fund on the Men’s Health Strategy for England, calling for prioritisation on prevention. Submitted July 2025.

Letters to Taoiseach Micheál Martin TD and to Health Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD, from Dr Giota Mitrou, Executive Director of Research and Policy at World Cancer Research Fund, in support of Ireland’s forthcoming mandatory health warnings labels on alcohol.

Draft text amendment proposals for the Zero Draft of the Political Declaration for the upcoming Fourth High-Level Meeting of the UN General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases and the Promotion of Mental Health and Well-Being from the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), World Cancer Research Fund International (WCRFI) and McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer, and integrating text proposals from the NCD Alliance

This Constituency Statement was coordinated by the NCD Alliance and supported by the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP), the Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance, World Dental Federation (FDI), International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH), Sightsavers (The Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind), Vital Strategies, The International Society of Nephrology (ISN), World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists, Multiple Sclerosis International Federation (MSIF), International Diabetes Federation, HelpAge International, World Cancer Research Fund International, Humatem, Health Technology Assessment International (HTAi), International Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation (IPSF), International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics, the International Society for Quality in Health Care and the World Federation of Hemophilia (WFH).

This Statement was coordinated by the NCD Alliance and supported by  PATH, the Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind (Sightsavers), Vital Strategies, International Federation on Ageing, International Diabetes Federation, Global Health Council, the World Federation of Hemophilia (WFH), the World Hypertension League (WHL), International Psycho-oncology Society, World Cancer Research Fund International and Amref Health Africa.

Statements prepared for the Multi-stakeholder Hearing on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) and the Promotion of Mental Health at the United Nations, New York, on:

Statement 1: Tackling the determinants of NCDs and mental health and wellbeing through multisectoral and effective governance and collaborative action.

Statement 2: Reshaping and strengthening health systems and all forms of financing to meet the needs of people living with and at risk of NCDs and mental health conditions.

Prepared May 2025.

Comments from World Cancer Research Fund on the National Cancer Plan for England, calling for prioritisation on prevention.

Submitted April 2025.