Radio Sweden
(Sweden) - State alcohol shop sues food chain over online wine
offer
A
government-sponsored report has suggested tighter controls of alcohol
marketing, after it increased markedly in the last few years.
Meanwhile, monopoly alcohol retailer Systembolaget has sued the food
retail chain City Gross for announcing recently that online customers
would be offered wine for purchase.
Radio Sweden
(Sweden) - Alcohol sales fall
Alcohol sales from
Sweden's state-owned alcohol sales (off-licence) monopoly
Systembolaget fell by 2.2 percent between March and June 2013
compared to the same period last year, according to new figures.
News ERR (Estonia)
- Alcohol, Tobacco Still Eroding Healthy Life Expectancy, Experts
Say
Healthy life
expectancy has dropped in the last three years to just 55.5 - seven
years off the EU average. Experts point to a combination of increased
tobacco and alcohol use and financial insecurity from the last
recession.
NordAN - Alcohol
advertising in Nordic and Baltic countries
Nordic Alcohol and
Drug Policy Network (NordAN) is focusing on alcohol advertising and
its role to drinking and especially on young peoples relationship to
alcohol in Nordic-Baltic region.
Stuff.co.nz -
Alcohol strongly linked to cancer – study
Alcohol has been
identified as one of the leading contributors to breast cancer deaths
in a University of Otago study.
WalesOnline
(Wales) - Binge drinkers to be filmed and shown their behaviour as
alcohol treatment centre hailed a success
A teacher passed
out in a taxi, a student saved from hypothermia and a French foreign
exchange student glassed were among those helped at a world-first
alcohol treatment centre.
New York Daily
News (USA) - Alcohol labeling: Coming to a liquor store near you
People tend to
overlook 'liquid calories,' particularly those that come from
alcoholic beverages – because if you don't chew, it seems like it
doesn't count. Sadly, that's not the case.
Northern Star -
Legalise drug to curb drinking says alcohol research expert
THE head of
Australia's leading alcohol research body has said that marijuana
should be legalised in an effort to curb binge drinking.
Metro.us -
Preschool habits can predict future alcohol use, according to a
new study
A new study shows
that how children act before they reach age five might predict their
alcohol use a decade later.
Telegraph.co.uk
(UK) - Conservatives retreat over minimum price on alcohol
Theresa May, the
Home Secretary, is expected to tell MPs that the Prime Minister’s
personal pledges to restrict access to cheap alcohol will not be
implemented.
UPI.com (USA) -
Alcohol making more appearances in movies for U.S. Teens
Branded alcohol is
making more and more appearances in movies rated for U.S. teen
audiences, a researcher says.
Scotsman (UK) -
Alcohol pricing: SNP to press ahead on price law
THE Health
Secretary Alex Neil yesterday underlined his determination to press
ahead with alcohol minimum pricing, saying he is fully committed to
the “life-saving” policy.
Toronto NewsFIX -
Women Drinking Alcohol at Increased Risk of Numerous Cancers
Women who drink
alcohol are unknowingly putting themselves at increased risk of
cancer. This is the finding of a study performed by researchers from
Britain’s University of Oxford, who studied more than 1.3 million
women.
The Local.es
(Spain) - Spain raises taxes on alcohol and 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.
News-Medical.net -
Smoking and heavier alcohol consumption speed up cognitive decline
The combination of
smoking and heavy drinking speeds up cognitive decline, according to
new research published in the British Journal of Psychiatry.
Irish Mirror
(Ireland) - We're paying the tab for our costly booze culture
There is no doubt
we have a very unhealthy relationship with alcohol. Is this another
result of both the Celtic Tiger and its demise?
The Sidney Morning
Herald (Australia) - Government bows to liquor industry on
discounts
Supermarket giants
have strongarmed the state government into backing out of its planned
ban on shopper docket alcohol discounts.
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