The Guardian (UK) - Labour 'would
restrict sales of alcohol, unhealthy food and tobacco'
A Labour
government would impose tough restrictions on the sale and
advertising of alcohol, unhealthy food and tobacco, according to a
leaked policy document.
University Herald
(USA) - Maryland To Ban The Sale Of Extreme-Strength Alcohol
Gov. O' Malley
approved legislation banning the retail sale of alcohol 190-proof and
stronger effective July 1. With this legislation, Maryland joins the
ranks of more than a dozen other states that ban the sale of such
products, including Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Virginia.
Stuff.co.nz (New
Zealand) - Council to curb alcohol sales after 9pm?
Porirua residents
won't be able to buy alcohol at off-licenses after 9pm, should a
draft local alcohol policy for the city get passed.
Health24.com -
Drugs and alcohol at school could be cry for help
Teens caught
smoking pot or drinking alcohol at school may have deeper problems
and should undergo screening for serious health risks, a new study
indicates.
The Guardian
(Scotland) - Minimum alcohol price plan referred to European court
by Scottish judges
A plan to set a
minimum price for all alcoholic drinks in Scotland has been referred
by appeal judges to the European court of justice, after a long legal
battle waged by the whisky industry.
Medscape - No
Amount of Alcohol Is Safe
"Responsible
drinking" has become a 21st-century mantra for how most people
view alcohol consumption. But when it comes to cancer, no amount of
alcohol is safe.[1] That is the conclusion of the 2014 World Cancer
Report (WCR), issued by the World Health Organization's International
Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).
2 Minute Medicine
(USA) - 65% of alcohol-related childhood vehicular deaths related
to riding with drunk drivers
During 2001-2010,
2344 U.S. children were killed in motor vehicle crashes involving
alcohol-impaired drivers; 65% of them were riding with an impaired
driver.
Anchorage Daily
News (USA) - Despite progress, an uncertain future in Alaska's
battle against fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
John Binkley can't
remember why he was touring Alaska's largest hospital that day in
1989, but he'll never forget what he saw there. A 16-month-old child,
no bigger than a newborn, lay silently crying in the neonatal
intensive care unit at Providence hospital in Anchorage.
Mirror.co.uk (UK)
- Children as young as four are addicted to drugs and alcohol
shocking statistics have revealed
Recent figures
from Public Health England have revealed that kids as young as four
are becoming addicted to alcohol and other harmful substances.
News-Medical.net -
Consumption of alcohol associated with increased risk of advanced
liver fibrosis HIV/HCV patients
Consumption of
alcohol has long been associated with an increased risk of advanced
liver fibrosis, but a new study published online in Clinical
Infectious Diseases from researchers at Penn Medicine and other
institutions shows that association is drastically heightened in
people co-infected with both HIV and chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV)
infection.
The Moscow Times
(Russia) - Bill Fights Online Alcohol Sales
The Russian
government's campaign to crush counterfeit and after-hours liquor
sales has turned digital, with all websites that sell alcohol online
to be blocked if the State Duma passes proposed legislation.
LawFuel.co.nz (New
Zealand) - NZ Alcohol Law Changes - No More Free Wine Ads
The recent “Don’t
be a ‘cool’ Dad” publicity campaign was a high-profile reminder
that a significant number of changes to existing alcohol laws came
into effect on 18 December 2013.
Medical Daily -
Kids' Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder Mistaken For ADHD, Due To
Misassignment Of Mental Age
Though still high,
the prevalence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
among American kids may be overstated by confusion with fetal alcohol
syndrome disorder (FASD) — a broad diagnosis describing the effects
of maternal drinking during pregnancy.
Oncology Nurse
Advisor - Alcohol and tobacco combination increases esophageal
cancer risk
The combined use
of alcohol and tobacco has a synergistic effect on the risk of
developing esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), according to
research published in online April 22 in the American Journal of
Gastroenterology.
Scotsman
(Scotland) - Nation of drunks struggles to call last orders
OF ALL the
Scottish stereotypes – the kilted clansman, the woad-painted
Braveheart, the dour Presbyterian – the one of the country as a
“nation of drunks” might seem the least likely to be peddled by
Alex Salmond.
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