USA TODAY - Coming
soon? Nutritional labels on alcohol
Alcohol beverages
soon could have nutritional labels like those on food packaging, but
only if the producers want to put them there.
YLE News (Finland)
- Paper: Alcohol deaths cost a billion annually
Alcohol-related
deaths cost society some one billion euros annually. Every year
alcohol costs Finns about 25,000 years of life, according to a report
in the regional Sunday supplement Sunnuntaisuomalainen.
Lithuania Tribune
(Lithuania) - Sale of low-alcohol drinks to be allowed in the
Seimas as of June
On Wednesday, the
Seimas board approved a resolution, allowing sale of alcoholic
beverages containing up to 18 per cent of alcohol in the parliament’s
cafes. The decision is linked to Lithuania’s presidency over the
European Union (EU) Council in the second half of this year.
Sydney Morning
Herald (Australia) - Call for MPs to be bound by alcohol code of
conduct
There are calls
for an alcohol code of conduct for MPs after the finance minister,
Greg Pearce, was warned by Premier Barry O'Farrell over allegations
he was so drunk he was unable to participate in a parliamentary
debate.
The Guardian (UK)
- Older people are abusing alcohol more than the young
In her two-bedroom
flat close to the centre of Brighton, Ann, 72, has not yet cleared
out her late husband's clothes, but she's given away his wine.
Telegraph.co.uk
(UK) - Rich 'ladies who lunch' more likely to have alcohol
problem, says study
Women who live in
exclusive areas such as Esher in Surrey, Merchiston in Edinburgh, and
Knightsbridge in London, where many residents often earn six-figure
sums, are more also more likely to suffer from mental illness or
depression than those living in more modest areas, research has
found.
RTE.ie (Ireland) -
Minister Leo Varadkar supports alcohol strategy proposals
The Transport
Minister Leo Varadkar has said that he is supportive of the vast
majority of proposals in Junior Minister Alex White's alcohol
strategy.
Daily Mail (UK) -
Prescriptions for alcohol addiction soar by 70% in the last decade
The use of drugs
to treat alcohol addiction increased by 70 per cent in the past
decade. Doctors last year prescribed almost £3million worth of
drugs, up from £1.72million in 2003.
XpatLoop.com
(Hungary) - Hungary's Economy Ministry Will Not Re-Regulate
Alcohol Retail
A working draft of
the Economy Ministry indicates that the government is considering
changes in the sale of alcohol, but without causing serious
shortfalls in excise tax and VAT revenues, left-leaning weekly Magyar
Narancs reports.
Warc - Alcohol
advertising under pressure
Alcohol
advertising is coming under increasing regulatory pressure in several
markets, with a review in the UK, a ban in Turkey and, in the US, a
limited ban proposed in Los Angeles.
PoliceProffesional
(UK) - National Twitter campaign highlights alcohol issues
Police forces
nationwide took part in an online campaign over the Bank Holiday to
raise awareness of the policing problems caused by alcohol abuse.
Express.co.uk (UK)
- Drinkers put strain on NHS
New figures
published yesterday revealed just under 26,000 people were admitted
to hospital 38,724 times last year with conditions relating to
alcohol abuse.
The Moscow Times
(Russia) - How to Reduce Harmful Drinking
Harmful drinking
features prominently in Russia's public policy for good reason: The
country has the world's fourth-highest rate of per capita alcohol
consumption. Alcohol misuse has been a major social, economic and
public health problem for decades, and the prevailing drinking
pattern has been characterized as "most risky" by the World
Health Organization, or WHO.
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