This document was prepared by Peter Anderson on behalf of and as part of the Primary Health Care European Project on Alcohol (PHEPA), co-funded by the European Commission and the Catalan Government’s Department of Health (Spain). Representatives from seventeen European Union member states are participating in the project. It was translated into French by the National Cancer Institute (INCa) in collaboration with the Office of Addictive Disorders of the Directorate General of Health (Ministry of Health and Solidarity), the National Association for the Prevention of Alcoholism and Addictions (Anpaa), the Federation of Alcohol and Addiction Professionals (F3A), and the French Society of Alcohol Studies (SFA).