Alcohol Health
Alliance (Scotland) - Is minimum unit pricing working in Scotland?
Minimum unit pricing was introduced in Scotland in 2018. A thorough
evaluation, led by Public Health Scotland, is underway to look at both the
intended and unintended consequences of MUP.
It will publish its final report in 2022. In this blog, Dr Peter Rice,
President of the European Alcohol Policy Alliance, examines the evidence so
far.
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UNDARK (USA) - Trend
in Alcohol-Related Deaths Is Higher in Women
For women, the trend in heavy drinking, as well as related health effects,
extends back at least two decades.
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Carnegie Mellon University
- Drinking Alone Foreshadows Future Alcohol Problems
A new study has found that drinking alone as an adolescent and young adult
can increase the risk of alcohol use disorder later in life, especially for
women
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New Westminster
Record (Canada) - New West council and MLA support warning labels on alcohol
containers
Toys have them, cigarettes have them, so why don’t alcohol containers have
warning labels? New Westminster wants that changed
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Morocco World
News (Qatar) - Qatar: Stadiums Likely to be Alcohol-Free in World Cup 2022
With the World Cup 2022 in Qatar approaching, stadiums are set to be
alcohol-free, meaning football supporters will be required to take only
non-alcoholic drinks to their seats.
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Modern Ghana
(Ghana) - Alcohol still advertised between the restricted hours of
6.00am-10.00pm — says GhanAPA, calls for stiffer legislation
A Civil Society Organization (CSO), the Alcohol Policy Alliance Ghana (GhanAPA
) is calling on government to take a second look at the current ways in which
alcohol products are advertised by traditional and online media organizations.
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Thaiger
(Thailand) - Today is National No Alcohol Day in Thailand
“No Alcohol, No Disease, No Covid-19:” is the official motto for this
year’s National No Alcohol Day in Thailand, hand-written by Thailand’s Prime
Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.
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Philippine Star
(Philippines) - Lawmakers seek to increase legal drinking age to 21, ban
PWDs from buying alcohol
Seeing booze as a bane to health and the community, Reps. Eric Yap
(Benguet) and Paolo Duterte (Davao City) are seeking to increase the legal
drinking age to 21 from 18 and ban persons with disabilities from buying
alcohol.
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The Brussels
Times (Belgium) - Road police will not scale back alcohol and drug checks
after all
After it was previously reported that the federal road police would be
cutting back on alcohol and speed checks as a result of budget cuts, it has now
been confirmed that this decision was reverted.
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CapeTalk (South
Africa) - Alcohol advertising should only happen at point of sale: Lobbyists
Lester Kiewit speaks to Terri-Liza Fortein from the Southern African
Alcohol Policy Alliance about changing the legal drinking age.
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Metro UK
(Scotland) - Scots with children at home ‘drank more alcohol during
lockdown’
People in Scotland who had children at home during lockdown drank more
alcohol and ate more junk food, a study shows.
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1News (New
Zealand) - Alcohol stores allowing Afterpay, Govt urged to take action
Community groups are calling on the Government to take urgent action after
revelations some alcohol stores are allowing customers to use buy now pay later
services.
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The Latch - Alcohol’s
Effect On Your Mental Health Goes Beyond ‘Hangxiety’
While we all know excessive drinking is in no way good for us, many of us
are hazy on the specifics. What’s actually happening to our bodies while we’re
drinking, and how do they react after?
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Style Rave - Mental
Mondays: How Alcohol May Be Affecting Your Relationship And How To Fix It
Sometimes the pally in a bottle called Ethanol may have proved to be a
friend in need during difficult times and the perfect fun time go-to, but could
it be the reason you’re picking unnecessary fights with your partner?
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GPFans - Verstappen
calls for F1 alcohol limit, condemns fan abuse
Max Verstappen has insisted a "normal human being" would not have
acted the way some fans have done at the Austrian Grand Prix after the F1
championship leader learned of "shocking" reports of racist,
misogynistic and homophobic abuse.
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Stuff (New
Zealand) - 'Disheartening but not surprising': 25% of suicides linked to
alcohol
One in four New Zealanders who die by suicide do so with excess blood
alcohol – with the figures even worse for Māori and Pasifika, new analysis of
coronial data has found.
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The Conversation
(South Africa) - Tavern tragedy reinforces need to give priority to tackling
underage drinking in South Africa
On 26 June 2022, 21 young people died at the Enyobeni tavern in East
London, in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province. The incident refocused public
attention on the safety of young people in the country.
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