ERR News (Estonia) -
Tallinn City Government greenlights late night alcohol sales
restrictions
Tallinn
City Government has approved limiting alcohol sales at "entertainment
facilities" from June 1 next year, Baltic News Service reports.
The
Independent (UK) - Alcohol consumption will soon follow smoking
and meat-eating in becoming a social evil
I
grew up in a teetotal household and my siblings still don’t drink.
I was with my English ex-husband on my first visit to a pub and I
asked the baffled bartender if they had any herbal teas. By the time
we split up, I was pairing wine with my food and turning my nose up
at the lower shelves in the alcohol aisles at Waitrose.
The
Guardian (UK) - UK parents' drinking negatively affects over a
third of children – study
More
than a third of children in the UK are negatively affected by their
parents’ alcohol use, research has suggested.
Jakarta
Post (Indonesia) - Liquor waste contaminates Bengawan Solo,
disrupts water supply
Liquid
waste in the form of a traditional Javanese alcoholic drink called
ciu has contaminated the Bengawan Solo River in Surakarta, Central
Java, killing fish and disrupting the area’s clean water supply for
residents.
The
Drinks Business (South Korea) - CELEBRITIES TO BE BANNED FROM
ALCOHOL PACKAGING IN SOUTH KOREA
As
reported by Korea Times,South Korea’s Ministry of Health and
Welfare is looking to enforce the ban in a bid to stop glamourising
the consumption of alcohol.
Irish
Examiner (Ireland) - Ban on alcohol ads near schools and
playgrounds
Drinks
firms will be hit with hefty fines from next week if they attempt to
“lure” young people into alcohol addiction by advertising their
products near schools, playgrounds or on public transport.
YLE
News (Finland) - Survey: Two-thirds of employers grapple with
alcohol-related problems
Two
out of three trade union workers have encountered alcohol-related
problems at their workplace, according to a survey published by the
Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions (SAK) on Wednesday.
Miami
Herald (USA) - Florida to start selling alcohol at men’s
basketball games
Florida
will sell alcohol at men's basketball games beginning with the team's
season opener against North Florida.
Expats.cz
(Czech Republic) - Czech MPs approve tax hike on alcohol and
tobacco, increase in parental benefits
The
Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of Czech parliament, passed the
parental benefit rise by 80,000 crowns to 300,000 as of January
tonight after it unexpectedly returned to the approval of the
government tax package.
Independent.ie
(Ireland) - Alcohol a factor in 75pc of road deaths during
off-peak hours
When
the first government road-safety strategy was introduced back in 1998
there were 458 people killed in road crashes. Last year, 142 people
died as a result of road trauma. It's still an unacceptable toll, but
it does show that efforts to improve road safety have worked.
Kenyans.co.ke
(Kenya) - Govt Set to Raise Minimum Price of Alcohol
Consumers
of alcoholic beverages, especially spirits may have to dig deeper
into their pockets to finance their appetite for the brew if a plan
by Kenya Revenue Authority is to be executed.
BioNews
- Alcohol causes epigenetic brain changes that could trigger
cravings
The
breakdown products of alcohol can travel to the brain and alter gene
activity, which in turn could influence behaviour, suggests a new
study in mice.
The
Sun - Airlines accused of fuelling air rage by running ‘buy in
bulk’ alcohol deals after Brits have boozy brawl at airport
AIRLINES
have been accused of fuelling air rage by running “buy in bulk”
alcohol deals. The warning comes just days after The Sun published
footage of a Brit couple in a drunken brawl on an Alicante airport
shuttle bus.
Baltic
Times (Latvia) - Ban on carrying open containers of alcohol to be
lifted in part of Latvia January 1
After
the system of administrative justice is reformed, residents will no
longer be banned from carrying open containers of an alcoholic
beverage in public in part of Latvian cities and regions as of
January 1, 2020.
Metro
- Binging alcohol after Sober October is a ‘true risk’
Completing
sober October is an impressive feat, and your liver is no doubt
thanking you right about now if you managed. Whether it will be
saying the same thing when you wake up on November 2 is a different
matter.
OnuItalia
(Italy) - WHO: Italy takes part in the consultation on the
implementation of the Global Strategy to reduce the harmful use of
alcohol
The
WHO has opened a consultation, extended to Member States and all
interested stakeholders, on results and challenges in implementing
the “Global Strategy to Reduce Alcohol Abuse”, almost ten years
after its launch, with a view to a renewed commitment towards horizon
2030 and the attainment of the “Sustainable Development Goals” in
the field of health.
Chemico-Biological
Interactions - Alcohol policies and alcohol-attributable cancer
mortality in U.S. States
Although
more restrictive alcohol control policies (e.g., higher alcohol
taxes) are related to lower levels of alcohol consumption, little is
known about the relationship between alcohol policies and rates of
alcohol-attributable cancer.
The
Telegraph (UK) - Unhealthy lifestyles fuel a 50 per cent rise in
UK deaths from liver cancer
Britain's
obesity epidemic has fuelled a 50 per cent rise in deaths from liver
cancer in just a decade, new figures show.
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