RCP is concerned that the Government has underestimated the damage that alcohol can have on people's health. Our President, Ian Gilmore, chairs the Alcohol Health Alliance, a coalition of organisations concerned with the health damage caused by alcohol.
Years ago the RCP founded ASH, the anti-smoking body. We are still concerned about the harmful effects of nicotine and recently published guidelines on how seriously addicted smokers can be helped to quit.
However, climate change could ultimately be the most dangerous of all the public health issues that we currently face. In January 2008, we held a high profile conference on ‘Doctors and climate change’