Addiction
(Finland) - Living in proximity of a bar and risky alcohol
behaviours: A longitudinal study
Moving place of
residence close to or far from a bar appears to be associated with a
small corresponding increase or decrease in risky alcohol behaviour.
Sverige Radio
(Sweden) - Government split over home alcohol delivery
Three out of the
four parties in the Swedish center-right government coalition would
like to allow the state liquor monopoly to take online orders and
make home deliveries. But one party says no.
Scandinavian
Journal of Public Health (Norway) - Alcohol-related hospital
admissions: Missed opportunities for follow up? A focus group study
about general practitioners’ experiences
Hospital
admittances provide important opportunities for change, but hospital
care is seen as fragmented and poorly communicated to the GPs. For
shared responsibility and follow up, all participating agents,
including the patient, must be sufficiently informed about what has
happened and what will follow.
Baku Today
(Latvia) - Residents of Latvia to pass the “points” on trade
in alcohol
Within two months
of inhabitants of Latvia have taken an active part in the creation of
an interactive map “dots”, which is the illegal trade in alcohol,
cigarettes, or drugs. This result was obtained after each was able to
announce on Latvian site of State police www.vp.gov.lv on places
where illegally selling alcohol, cigarettes or drugs. Such anonymous
messages automatically sent to those residents police stations on the
territory of these addresses. During this time, the map was 1007
sites with “points”.
Unity (Latvia) -
Saeima to discuss alcohol consumption restriction among young
people
Deputies of the
Saeima Social and Labour Issues Commission and Defenсe, Internal
Affairs and Corruption Prevention Committee will gather on a joint
meeting on Wednesday, August 22, to discuss the work group’s
proposals on alcohol consumption restrictions among young people.
Gallup.com (USA) -
Majority in U.S. Drink Alcohol, Averaging Four Drinks a Week
Americans'
drinking habits held steady in the past year, with 66% saying they
consume alcohol and drinkers consuming just over four alcoholic
drinks per week, on average. Beer continues to be Americans'
preferred drink, although wine remains a close second, with liquor
favored by 22%.
Telegraph.co.uk -
Study shows marriage stops men drinking – as their wives hit the
bottle instead
Far from
encouraging men to patronise a local pub to escape from domestic
duties, marriage actively reduces their alcohol intake, according to
research being presented at the American Sociological Association
today.
Daily Mail -
Alcohol mixed with energy drinks can raise risk of heart problems
and other conditions
Youngsters who mix
alcohol with energy drinks risk heart palpitations and disturbed
sleep, researchers warn. A study found that the highly-caffeinated
drinks used by millions to make them extra-alert on a night out
raised the odds of a range of health problems.
Retford Today (UK)
- Poor areas 'hit harder by alcohol'
Poorer communities
have substantially higher levels of alcohol-related ill health,
anti-social behaviour and premature deaths than their wealthier
neighbours, research has suggested.
Medical Xpress -
Both early alcohol use and early intoxication can herald trouble
for college students
An early age at
first drink (AFD) has been linked to later alcohol-related problems,
which is one of the reasons behind the legal drinking age of 21 in
the U.S. It is unclear, however, if increased risk is primarily due
to initiation of any drinking, or initiation of heavier drinking.
MedPage Today -
When Mom Boozes, Baby Has Effects for Years
The effects on
growth and body composition of heavy prenatal exposure to alcohol are
largely determined at birth and persist at least until age 9,
researchers reported.
Stuff.co.nz (New
Zealand) - MPs want to keep alcohol age at 18
Parliament is
expected to vote on parts of the Alcohol Reform Bill next week, and
MPs will have a conscience vote on whether to keep the purchase age
at 18, move it back up to 20, or split the age to 18 for on-license
venues such as bars and restaurants and 20 for off-licenses such as
supermarkets and bottle stores.
Decoded Science -
Age at First Drink: A Measure of Impending Problems
Teens may see
experimenting with alcohol as a rite of passage to adulthood, but
research by Dr. Meghan Rabbitt Morean of Yale University demonstrates
that the age at which the experimentation occurs may make a big
difference in the life of a young person.
Voxy (New Zealand)
- Alcohol interlocks a step forward in drink driving battle
Associate Minister
of Transport Simon Bridges launched the devices at Parliament today
and, from September, judges will have the option to sentence a repeat
drink driver or anyone caught at double the legal blood alcohol limit
to have an alcohol interlock installed in their car.
ABC Online
(Australia) - Alcohol plain labels needed, but lobby too powerful:
campaigner
The Federal
Government has finally won its battle for plain packaging on
cigarettes. So host Jon Faine wants to know, why not alcohol? Rob
Moodie is the Professor of Public Health at the Melbourne School of
Population Health. He says the public needs to be pushed towards
safer products, and wants tighter regulation of alcholic content as
well as alcohol labelling and marketing.
GoodTherapy.org -
New Study Explores Ways to Motivate the Unmotivated Problem
Drinker
Alcohol dependency
is increasing across the globe. The physical consequences of problem
drinking are well known. And the relational and psychological damage
that alcohol addiction causes are those that affect entire families.
AsiaOne (South
Korea) - Korea counts the cost of cheap alcohol
Binge-drinking in
Korea was once viewed as a relatively harmless deviation among the
nation's workaholics, but its burden on public money and social
capital is starting to prompt action.
TheChronicleHerald.ca
- Alcohol consumption may be election issue
Nova Scotia’s
chief public health officer has been quite outspoken about the
province’s problems with binge drinking, its common pairing with
violence in Halifax’s downtown and its link to cases coming into
the emergency room on weekend nights.
Bloomberg (US) -
Drivers Twice Limit Involved In Most Drunk-Driving Deaths
Most drunk drivers
causing fatal crashes in the U.S. have consumed about twice as much
alcohol as laws allow, the top U.S. auto-safety regulator said.
Otago
Daily Times - Booze worse than legal highs - health experts
Health
professionals have told the Government that allowing the sale of
alcohol while ruling out potentially less-damaging "legal highs"
is farcical.
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