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from Norway (Norway) - Tough liquor laws retain support
Even though
Norwegians crowd into the tax-free shops at local airports and flock
over the border to buy cheaper wine and liquor in Sweden, they
apparently want to hang on to their restrictive wine and liquor laws.
More than half think Norway’s punitive taxes on alcoholic beverages
should remain unchanged, and an overwhelming majority support the
state-controlled monopoly on retail sales, Vinmonopolet.
Eurocare (Denmark) - Cheaper beer in
Denmark – How many lives will be lost?
The Danish
government cut the beer tax by 15% on the 1 July and made alcohol
more affordable for not only its own population, but also the
neighboring countries like Sweden and Norway (that have higher
taxes).
Danmarks Statistik
(Denmark) - CONSUMPTION AND SALES OF ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO
The Local (Norway)
- Norway rape victims 'often near unconscious'
The average blood
alcohol content of Norwegian rape victims renders them "near
unconscious", according to a Trondheim doctor whose research
found that eight out of ten rape victims in Norway had been drinking
before the assault.
Yle.fi (Finland) -
Finnish youth less keen on alcohol
Alcohol and
cigarettes are not as popular as they once were among young people in
Finland. A new survey shows that they tend to spend more time on the
internet than drinking with their peers.
The Baltic Course
(Lithuania) - Excises for alcohol and tobacco in Lithuania to be
raised in spring 2014
The spring 2014
will be marked by increase in the prices of alcohol and tobacco in
Lithuania. On Tuesday, the Seimas has confirmed the Government's
proposal for increase in excises, reports LETA/ELTA, referring to
Lietuvos rytas.
ETSC (Lithuania) -
Lithuanian Presidency makes road safety a priority
“We are in the
unique situation where the two countries succeeding each other in
holding the EU Presidency have been recognised for their respective
efforts to improve road safety,” said Antonio Avenoso, ETSC
Executive Director.
Telegraph.co.uk
(UK) - One in ten primary school leavers 'has drunk alcohol in
past week'
More than one in
ten children in their final year of primary school admits to having
drunk alcohol during the previous week, according to a new survey.
Kyiv Post
(Ukraine) - Cabinet postpones introduction of new excise labels on
alcohol and tobacco until Sept 1
The Cabinet of
Ministers of Ukraine has postponed the introduction of new excise
labels on alcohol and tobacco from August 1 to September 1, 2013.
Lancaster
Newspapers (USA) - Liquor lobbyists spent over $900,000 towards
privatizing alcohol sales in Pa.
Last week, Gov.
Tom Corbett's dream of privatizing liquor sales in Pennsylvania went
down in flames, as state senators couldn't agree on a plan to get the
commonwealth out of the booze business.
Daily Mail - Just
three pints of beer a week can dull your brain by 20% and make it
harder to react to stimulus
Drinking three
pints of beer – or three medium-sized glasses of wine – once a
week permanently dulls the brain, according to a study.
SmartCompany.com.au
(Australia) - Australian businesses lose $6 billion in
productivity to workplace drug and alcohol issues, report warns
Australian
businesses are being urged to act now to counter the effects of drugs
and alcohol in the workplace, with experts saying businesses are
losing more than $6 billion annually in lost productivity and
absenteeism.
Skift (Italy) -
After complaints, Venice’s gondoliers may face drug and alcohol
tests
They symbolise the
romance and unique heritage of Venice, but the lagoon city’s famed
gondoliers are becoming known for drunken antics and could soon be
forced to take drug and alcohol tests.
Kyiv Post
(Ukraine) - Economy ministry proposes to toughen requirements to
beer, alcohol and tobacco outlets
Ministry of
Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine has initiated toughening of
the rules of sale beer, alcohol drinks and tobacco goods.
The Moscow Times
(Russia) - Excise Stamp Row Risks Illegal Alcohol Influx
The amount of
illegal alcohol on the domestic market could increase if regulators
bow to producers' demands to extend the validity of old-style excise
duty stamps until September 2015, alcohol market experts said.
Evening Standard
(UK) - Liver disease on the rise among women 'in denial' about
their drinking
Soaring rates of
alcohol-related liver disease among young women professionals in some
of London’s wealthiest boroughs have prompted a major campaign by
health experts in the capital.
The Press (New
Zealand) - 3000-plus respond to alcohol plan
More than 3000
submissions have been lodged in response to the Christchurch City
Council's draft local alcohol policy.
Vancouver Sun
(Canada) - Alcohol problems linked to legal drinking age: study
Raising the legal
drinking age to 19 in all provinces could reduce alcohol-related
harms and hospitalizations, says a new study from the University of
Northern B.C.
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