The Foreigner
(Norway) - Alcohol adverts soon to be on
Norway cable TV
Labour’s (Ap)
long hard-fought battle to retain the ban on advertising booze is now hanging
by a thread following statements by the EU Norway will not be exempt from the
new European Union TV Directive (AVMSD).
ERR News
(Estonia) - Alcohol Price Exceeds EU
Average by 6.3%
Although the cost
of food and non-alcoholic beverages in Estonia is below the EU average, the
price of alcoholic drinks is 6.3 percent higher, according to the recent report
by Eurostat.
OnMedica - Call for Facebook ban on alcohol ads
A new report by
campaigning charity Alcohol Concern reveals the growing importance to alcohol
companies of social networking sites like Facebook and video sharing sites such
as YouTube as a means of promoting their products.
Nursing in
Practice (Wales) - Welsh Government to
combat child drinking
At least 1,200
children are admitted to Welsh A&E departments for alcohol and drug abuse
each year, new research has found.
U.S. News &
World Report - More Evidence That
Alcohol Hinders Good Sleep
You might want to
take a pass on that nightcap, a new study suggests. Japanese researchers report
that alcohol hinders the restorative functions of sleep.
Modern Ghana
(Ghana) - Checking Road Accidents
The Ghana Private
Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has embarked on a novelty cause to help check the
carnage on our roads. With effect from October, this year, the union is
introducing alcometers at all lorry parks to check alcohol levels of drivers.
It has also ordered for some reflectors for acquisition by drivers.
Daily Mail (UK) -
British ladettes match men in binge
drinking as they top European poll of alcohol abusers
British women
have topped a European league of ‘ladette’ drinking shame.
They are now as
likely to binge on alcohol as men, according to EU research.
Morning
Advertiser (UK) - Sixty firms back
Drinkaware campaign
The campaign for
2011, launched today, challenges young adults’ attitudes towards excessive
alcohol consumption and the social acceptability of drunkenness.
Sydney Morning
Herald (Australia) - Debate over warning
labels on alcohol heats up
HEALTH warnings
linking alcohol with dire outcomes such as brain damage and cancer have been
backed by health groups but described as potentially ''alarming'' by an
industry-backed group.
NEWS.com.au
(Australia) - Greens push for volumetric
alcohol tax
THE Australian
Greens will use October's tax forum to push for all alcohol to be taxed
according to volume rather than beverage type.
Reuters
(Philippines) - Philippines may increase
alcohol, tobacco tax take
The Philippine
government will push a proposal to index taxes on alcohol and tobacco products
to inflation that could raise around $1.4 billion in revenues as one of 13
priority bills in Congress this year, President Benigno Aquino said on Tuesday.
WebMD - Genes Play Role in How Alcohol Affects Men
and Women
New genetic
research may help explain some of the different ways that alcoholism affects
men and women.
Andina - Agencia
Peruana de Noticias (Peru) - Sports are
vital to prevent drug, alcohol abuse among youth
Peruvian
President Ollanta Humala stated Thursday that the practice of sports is vital
to prevent drug and alcohol addiction among young people and to reinforce the
fight against crime and the lack of public safety in Peru.
Bizjournals.com -
New smartphone app aims to stop drunken
driving
The “Show Me My
Buzz” application helps users determine their estimated blood-alcohol
concentration, or BAC, by typing in the number of drinks they’ve had, how long
they’ve been drinking and their gender.
Times of India - Impulsive drinking leads to early death
A new study has
revealed that people with current drinking problems and poor impulse control
are more likely to die in the next 15 years.
Infection Control
Today - Researchers Study How Excess
Alcohol Depresses Immune Function
Alcoholism
suppresses the immune system, resulting in a high risk of serious, and even
life-threatening infections. A new study shows that this effect stems largely
from alcohol's toxicity to immune system cells called dendritic cells.
HealthLeaders
Media (USA) - Medicare Proposes Alcohol,
Depression Screening Rules
Federal dollars
should be used to screen Medicare beneficiaries for depression and for alcohol
misuse under two rules proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services.
Eurekalert - Study: Community organization can reduce,
negate impact of alcohol outlets on neighborhood violence
The density of
businesses that sell alcohol in a community has been tied to local levels of
violence, but new research has found that the influence depends on the nature
of the community. More stable communities can see little to no influence but
more disorganized communities are not so fortunate.
On Lanka (Sri
Lanka) - New regulations on tobacco and
alcohol scenes on TV
A series of new
regulations will be implemented restricting the use of mosaics or blurred
images masking tobacco and alcohol scenes in television programmes.
Russia Beyond The
Headlines (Russia) - Anti-alcohol
campaign produces winners and losers
Multinational
brewers and small kiosk owners alike are already bracing for new restrictions
on beer sales, scheduled to come into effect in 2013, but there could be a
silver lining for microbreweries.
Marketwire (USA)
- New Federal Government Study:
AlcoholEdu Reduces Binge Drinking and Alcohol-Related Harms
EverFi, Inc., the
leading education technology platform company, today announced the release of a
new federal government study showing that AlcoholEdu®, EverFi's online alcohol
education program for incoming first-year students, is proven to reduce student
binge drinking and alcohol-related harms, such as blackouts, injuries, and
sexual assaults. More than one third of all college freshmen across the U.S.
will complete the program in the upcoming academic year.
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