The Local (Norway) - Norway risks
even higher booze taxes
Norway is
considering imposing even higher taxes on alcoholic drinks, a move
that would bring it within a whisker of becoming world's most
expensive place for a tipple.
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The Foreigner
(Norway) - Norway government alcohol monopoly eyes tax free
Vinmonopolet is
considering moving into the airport alcohol business as drink sales
figures decline.
Finland Times
(Finland) - No tax hike on alcohol in budget likely
The government is
likely not to increase tax on alcohol in the upcoming budget for the
year 2014 as the tax hike might increase the import of the alcoholic
products from the neighbouring countries of Russia and Estonia by the
travellers.
THL (Finland) -
Pekka Puska: Health should be prioritized over business interests
Pekka Puska’s
speech at the Savonlinna Opera Festival public meeting on 30 July,
2013. The World Health Organization WHO held a major international
conference in Helsinki in June. In the summit, the WHO appealed to
world decision makers to put health in focus in all policy making.
WalesOnline
(Wales) - Wales could go it alone over cigarette packaging and
minimum alcohol pricing, says health minister
Health Minister
Mark Drakeford has revealed he is giving serious consideration as to
whether Wales could go it alone on major public health issues such as
plain cigarette packaging and a minimum price for alcohol.
Globe and Mail
(Canada) - Mothers Against Drunk Driving take aim at Tory plan for
alcohol in Nova Scotia corner stores
The CEO of Mothers
Against Drunk Driving says Nova Scotia’s opposition Progressive
Conservatives have engaged in “dirty politics” by suggesting the
group supports the party’s proposal to introduce the sale of beer
and wine in corner stores.
The Guardian (UK)
- Channel 4 rapped for airing alcohol ads when kids were likely to
be watching
Channel 4 has been
rapped on the knuckles for running alcohol ads during shows likely to
appeal to children, including hit US comedy import The Big Bang
Theory.
StatesChronicle -
New Studys Suggests Relation Between Brain Hyderactivity to
Alcohol Consumption
A new study
conducted in Canada by McGill University’s Professor Marco Leyton
from the Department of Psychiatry can help in diagnosing and treating
patients undergoing treatment caused by alcoholism.
The Daily Progress
(USA) - Gifts to ABC from alcohol industry a 'gray area'
State Alcoholic
Beverage Control employees reported more than $50,000 in gifts and
entertainment from 2008 to 2011, primarily to pay for conference
trips but also including tickets to car races, comedy shows and a
Washington Redskins game as well as "spa service."
Health-e (South
Africa) - Govt moves to stop alcohol ads
South Africans
like to drink. In fact, according to the World Health Organisation
(WHO), we are some of the biggest drinkers in the world. But, alcohol
kills around 130 South Africans every day and well over half of all
road accidents are caused by drunk drivers.
IrishCentral
(Ireland) - Alcohol fuels many of Ireland’s fatal assaults
research finds
Deputy State
Pathologist Michael Curtis has found that alcohol is a major factor
when it comes to the cause of violent crimes in Ireland.
EurekAlert (USA) -
Fewer states holding alcohol retailers responsible for harms from
illegal service
Fewer states are
holding alcohol retailers liable for harms caused by customers who
were served illegally, according to a new report from researchers at
Alcohol Policy Consultations and the Center on Alcohol Marketing and
Youth (CAMY) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Independent Online
(South Africa) - ‘We’ll fight alcohol with bare knuckles’
South Africans
like to drink. In fact, according to the World Health Organisation,
we are some of the biggest drinkers in the world. But, alcohol kills
around 130 South Africans every day and well over half of all road
accidents are caused by drunk drivers.
Bury Times (UK) -
Hospitals seeing large numbers of drunk children in A&E
departments
ALMOST one in
seven people admitted to local accident and emergency departments
with alcohol problems are children, new figures have revealed.
FRANCE 24 (France)
- 'Le binge drinking' on the rise in France
France on Sunday
officially replaced the English term “binge drinking” with the
French alternative “beuverie express”, a move that may reflect
how drinking habits in the country have changed in recent years.
TIME (France) -
France Finally Finds the Right Words to Describe Binge Drinking
The French
Ministry of Culture and Communication, better known as the language
police, added a decidedly un-French term to its approved lexicon on
Sunday. From now on, chugging alcohol with the sole motive of getting
smashed is no longer “le binge drinking” — it’s la beuverie
express (literally, fast drinking).
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