University of Iceland (Iceland) - The
financial crash reduced smoking and alcohol consumption
“The study aims to find out whether
and how the economic crash influenced alcohol and tobacco
consumption, specifically considering changes in the labour market,
i.e. the reduction in the number of work hours and lowering of real
income. Such labour market changes can influence health behaviour,
i.e. how people invest in their present and future health,” says
Þórhildur Ólafsdóttir, Doctoral Student of economics on a study
that forms part of her doctoral thesis.
Daily Mail (Denmark) - People who
have more than two alcoholic drinks a day may be TWICE as likely to
die after surgery
People who have
more than two alcoholic drinks a day are more likely to suffer
complications after surgery than light drinkers. Infections and slow
wound healing were the most common complications associated with
heavy drinking, according to lead author Marie Eliasen of the
National Institute of Public Health at the University of Southern
Denmark in Copenhagen.
Jyllands Posten
(Denmark) - Ferry operator revises alcohol policies after
booze-related death
Fjord Line has
moved to curb the drinking culture on its ferries after a young man
died of alcohol poisoning while he was being held in detention on one
of its vessels in April.
Sverige Radio
(Sweden) - Sweden’s alcohol monopoly challenged
Buying wine online
may get easier in Sweden. That's if grocery chain City Gross has its
way. It wants to join forces with wine delivery service Winefinder to
offer home deliveries to customers who order wine over the internet.
YLE.fi (Finland) -
Finnish food and drink pricier than EU average
Statistics Finland
reports that a comparison of prices made in the spring of 2012 showed
that Finnish prices were 19 percent higher than the EU average. In
the European Union, Denmark has the highest price level while Poland
is the cheapest.
Reitingi Latvijas
(Latvia) - Saeima adopts in the final reading law amendments to
reduce consumption of alcoholic beverages by young people
On Thursday, 20
June, the Saeima in the third and final reading supported amendments
to the Handling of Alcoholic Beverages Law to limit the consumption
of alcoholic beverages among children and young people.
BBC News (Wales) -
Online shopping children drink worry, says Alcohol Concern Cymru
Significant
numbers of children and young people in Wales are using online
supermarket grocery services in order to buy alcohol, warns Alcohol
Concern Cymru.
TVNZ (New Zealand)
- Alcohol 'akin to asbestos in cancer stakes' – expert
New Zealand's
excessive drinking culture is causing cancers with abysmally low
survival rates, oncology experts say.
Medical Daily
(USA) - A Third Of Kids Taste First Sips Of Alcohol As Early As
Age 8, Study Says
In a study
following adolescents from the Pittsburgh area, the majority kids
admitted to trying alcohol before 18 years old, with 37 percent
sipping alcohol as young as age 8, a study finds.
GlobalPost (Spain)
- Spain raises taxes on alcohol, tobacco
The Spanish
government, which is struggling to cut one of the eurozone's largest
public deficits during a double-dip recession, on Friday raised taxes
on tobacco and alcohol, except wine and beer.
Perth Now
(Australia) - Push by health advocates to ban alcohol advertising
online to protect children
HEALTH advocates
want the Federal Government to ban the advertising of alcohol and
other harmful products on websites that attract children.
Huffpost - Are
Alcohol-Fuelled Arguments Ruining Your Friendships And Relationships?
We’ve all been
there – you’ve both had a few too many drinks and somehow you end
up rowing with your partner or your friend about the most inane
thing. When it happens once in a while, it’s not too much of a
concern, but when it starts happening regularly, you may need to do a
stock take of whether alcohol is ruining your relationships.
Scientific
American - Boozy Memory Blocking Reduces Risk of Relapse among
Alcohol Abusers
Wiping out
drinking-associated memories could help those with alcohol problems
to stay sober, suggests a study in rats.
Daily Mail (UK) -
Sunbathing and alcohol cause cancer rates to soar: Unhealthy
lifestyles blamed for huge rises in past decade
Sunbathing has
been blamed for a massive surge in cancer rates over the past ten
years. Cancers caused by unhealthy lifestyles, such as drinking and
smoking, have seen a rise of up to two-thirds in the last decade,
official figures show.
Peru this Week
(Peru) - Teenagers say it’s easy to buy alcohol in Peru
The last public
opinion survey conducted by the Center for Education and Prevention
of Drugs and Alcohol Abuse (Cedro) scared many parents in Peru.
According to the survey four out of five youngster age 12 to 18 said
it is easy for them to buy alcohol and cigarettes in this country.
IOL (South Africa)
- This is your brain on alcohol
The human brain
does not stop developing until a person’s mid-twenties – meaning
heavy use of alcohol under the age of 21 can damage necessary growth
processes.
Stuff.co.nz (New
Zealand) - Sinking lid proposed in new alcohol policy
A sinking-lid for
off-licence liquor outlets could be on the cards for the Hauraki
district as part of its council's first local alcohol policy.
Irish Independent
(Ireland) - Too much alcohol will grind the body to a halt
We are a nation of
complicit drinkers: Sure, go on, have another one! At any triathlon
or road race, the prospect of racing within your own age group is
always fun if you're not a contender for the podium. Usually it's a
shoe-in for a prize if you're running in the bottom 18-19 and 20-24
age groups as they are always direly underrepresented.
Glasgow Evening
Times (Wales) - Glasgow's poor are smoking and drinking less
PEOPLE in the most
deprived areas of Greater Glasgow's health board are smoking and
drinking less and eating healthier than a decade ago.
Edinburgh Evening
News (Scotland) - Fears pensioners ‘drinking themselves to
death’
PENSIONERS in
Scotland are drinking themselves to death as doctors try to combat an
“epidemic” of alcohol abuse amongst the elderly.
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