Youth Health Magzine - New Study
Explains Why Most Heavy Alcohol Drinkers Are Also Smokers, Effects of
Nicotine
One can expect
that in a group of alcoholics, the majority of them, if not all, also
smoke cigarettes. Although the underlying causes are unclear, it has
been suggested that because of the 'pleasure-enhancing effects' of
nicotine, alcoholics in session tend to smoke.
Philly.com (USA) -
Alcohol has impact on U.S. gun violence
Set aside politics
and posturing about gun violence in America and there is still one
indisputable fact: Alcohol use plays a primary role in gun violence.
Firehouse.com (UK)
- UK Study: Alcohol-Fueled Violence Against Responders on Rise
A recent UK study
shows people under the influence of alcohol are causing issues for
responders, who don't feel they are prepared to deal with them.
3News NZ (New
Zealand) - Government action needed to curb alcohol harm
The Global Alcohol
Policy Conference took place in Edinburgh, Scotland where experts
analysed how laws can change drinking habits.
Scientific
American - Why Binge Drinking May Wire the Brain for Alcohol
Dependence
“Why can’t you
stop drinking?” This week at the Annual Meeting of the Society for
Neuroscience in Chicago, researchers from the University of Illinois
at Chicago announced a new finding that provides a fresh answer to
this persistent question that plagues people addicted to alcohol.
Times LIVE -
Alcohol found to increase risk of breast cancer
A major new study
involving more than 300,000 female volunteers confirms a link between
alcohol intake and breast cancer and finds that the risk increases
with each additional daily drink.
Irish Health
(Ireland) - New alcohol treatment prog 'saves lives'
Alcohol-related
harm costs the State an estimated €3.7 billion every year and can
have a devastating personal impact on drinkers and their loved ones.
Alaska Commons
(USA) - New Report Highlights the Economic Cost of Alcohol Abuse
in Alaska
Alaska has an
alcohol problem. That much is a fool’s errand to attempt to argue.
According to the 2013 State of Alaska Epidemiologic Profile on
Substance Abuse, Abuse, and Dependency, consumption of beer, spirits,
and wine was consistently greater than the national average, and
consumption of spirits was close to twice the national average. In
2010, 42 percent of Alaskans aged 18-25 reported binge drinking.
EuroBelarus
(Belarus) - Point of view: Alcohol as a tool of authoritarianism
in Belarus
According to the
WHO, Belarus holds the first place in worldwide alcohol consumption.
Yet the authorities ignore this significant national problem; their
recent policies may be making it even worse.
stv.tv (Scotland)
- Alcohol linked to a quarter of hospital trauma cases, report
finds
Alcohol is linked
to a quarter of all trauma cases seen by Scotland's hospitals,
statistics have shown. For major trauma patients, one in three cases
were associated with alcohol, either drunk by the injured party or
another person involved in the incident.
Daily Mail - How
adverts fuel underage drinking: Teenagers are FIVE times more likely
to buy alcohol after seeing it promoted on TV
Underage drinkers
are more than five times more likely to buy alcohol after seeing it
advertised on TV, a study has found. Researchers discovered a strong
link between what the under 18s saw on television and how they drank
in the month afterwards.
The Australian
(Australia) - Alcohol-damaged kids with FASD winding up in prison
Ask teachers at
Perth’s juvenile jail how many of their students display the
telltale signs of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder and they
invariably say: “Most of them.”
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