NCD Alliance
(Norway) - Norway first to launch a national NCD strategy
100 years ago
communicable diseases were the main causes of premature death.
Poverty was the major risk factor. Today 80 % of Norwegians die from
NCDs, many prematurely. The majorrisk factors are tobacco, alcohol,
sugar, fat and physical inactivity.
Scanomark (Sweden) - Tax increases
expected on alcohol in Sweden in line with the new budget
Sweden to increase
taxes on alcohol - that is, taxes on wine and beer to go up by seven
percent and the tax on spirits and very strong alcohol is to
increased by a percentage point according to components of the
governments upcoming autumn budge.
Medscape (Sweden)
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: Prevalence High in Child Care Systems
Russia and Sweden
had the highest prevalence of FAS (42.7% - 68.0%) in orphanages for
children with special needs. The highest reported prevalences for
FASD were 39.7% for Russian orphanages and 52.1% for adoptees from
Eastern Europe in Sweden.
Time (Finland) -
Smarter Kids Are Smart Enough to Avoid Alcohol and Drugs, Right?
The researchers
followed 3000 healthy identical or fraternal twins in Finland,
focusing on the group who had significant differences in verbal
development as children and who also turned out to have varied
drinking behavior as adults.
ABC Online
(Australia) - Police Commissioner likens parents who give alcohol
to kids 'drug dealers'
Western
Australia's Police Commissioner has likened parents who supply
alcohol to their children as drug dealers.
BBC News
(Pakistan) - Pakistan battles growing alcohol addiction
Alcoholism is a
growing problem in Pakistan despite it being illegal for the Muslim
majority to drink. The BBC's Charles Haviland finds lives ruined and
clinics and therapy groups trying to overcome a taboo subject.
Daily Mail - Why
Red Bull and vodka is a recipe for trouble: Mixing alcohol and energy
drinks could be even more harmful than previously thought
Mixing alcohol
with energy drinks to get a bigger hit could be more harmful than
research currently suggests, claims a leading psychologist.
Irish Independent
(Ireland) - Not all is gloomy in alcohol's 'dark markets'
WE are in the
midst of a very interesting debate in this country about the wisdom
of allowing sports sponsorship by the makers of alcoholic beverages.
As usual we tend to think that the issue is entirely a domestic one,
but of course it is not.
The Guardian (UK)
- Alcohol marketing in TV football should be restricted, say
scientists
Researchers have
called for much tighter government restrictions or even a ban on the
marketing of alcohol during televised football matches, arguing that
the messages are seen by and affect millions of children.
Myanmar Times
(Myanmar) - Experts report sharp rise in alcohol-related mental
disorders
Alcohol-related
mental health disorders are on the rise, experts warn. The number of
patients admitted to Yangon Mental Health Hospital has risen more
than 60 percent – from 1600 to 2600 a year – since 2008, says the
hospital’s medical superintendent Dr Kyaw Soe.
Tax-news.com
(Bulgaria) - 2014 Bulgarian Excise Rate For Cigarettes And Alcohol
Confirmed
Bulgaria's Deputy
Finance Minister Lyudmila Petkova has confirmed that there will be no
excise tax increases on cigarettes and alcohol in 2014, despite a
European Union directive that cigarette excise rates must reach a
minimum of EUR90 per 1,000 by the start of 2018.
Hurriyet Daily
News (Turkey) - Turkish PM refutes charge of intervention in
lifestyles through alcohol restrictions
Prime Minister
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan today refuted claims that the government was
interfering in people’s lifestyles with the restrictions on the
sale of alcohol that came into effect on Sept. 9.
Newcastle Herald
(Australia) - EDITORIAL: Children drinking alcohol
MAKING parents and
guardians more accountable for alcohol consumption by minors under
their care seems a reasonable enough idea. There is plenty of
anecdotal evidence that some adults aren't as careful or responsible
as they should be when it comes to alcohol and young people.
Irish Independent
(Ireland) - Move to tackle cheap alcohol sales 'on way'
NEW government
policy is being drawn up to tackle the type of alcohol that is "too
freely available at too low a cost", said Minister for
Agriculture Simon Coveney.
Examiner.com (USA)
- Chicago bans guns in bars and restaurants serving alcohol
According to an
NBC News report on Wednesday, Chicago’s City Council took a swipe
at the new Illinois gun laws and approved the ban of guns in all city
restaurants that serve alcohol and all bars and nightclubs. The
notion that a lawsuit will arise from the new City Council ruling
hasn’t stopped the lawmakers who obviously have a mind of their own
when it comes to guns in the city that has been pegged the murder
capital for over a year now.
RedOrbit - Sober
Drinking Knowledge Often Fails ‘In The Moment’ Of Intoxication
Approximately
one-third of all fatal crashes each year in the U.S. involve an
alcohol-impaired driver. Prior research has shown that alcohol alters
perceptions of risky behaviors such as drinking and driving.
BBC News -
Bradford study finds binge drinkers increased 'small baby' risk
Women who binge
drink in the second three months of pregnancy are 68% more likely to
have a small baby, research has shown.
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