Teenagers consider zero-alcohol beverages to be a type of alcoholic drink, leading Flinders University researchers to voice grave concerns about the impact of their exposure to zero-alcohol branding and advertising.
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NL Times (Netherlands) - Alcohol involved
in over 62,000 accidents treated in emergency rooms in 2023
People who ended up hurt in the emergency room of the hospital in 2023 had
consumed alcohol before their injury more often than previously thought.
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The Heritage Foundation (USA) - We Have
Nutrition Labels on Food. Why Not Alcohol?
What’s actually in the beer you’re drinking? Currently, there’s no
guarantee that you’ll receive a good answer to that question. Even though 62%
of American adults consume alcohol, alcoholic beverages aren’t required to
disclose basic nutritional information like calories, ingredients, or
allergens.
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Time Magazine - 9 Things to Say When
Someone Asks Why You’re Not Drinking
More people are drinking less alcohol—and sometimes, their friends take
that personally. People who have ditched booze describe being hammered with
questions about why they’re staying sober, treated like they’re sucking all the
fun out of the room, or, if they’re women, inevitably asked if they’re
pregnant.
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Action on Armed Violence – AOAV (UK/Estonia) -
Alcohol misuse, deaths and violence in the British Armed Forces – how
out-of-control drinking in Estonia reveals wider concerns of UK armed forces
In the pine forests of Estonia, along NATO’s eastern edge, Britain’s armed
forces are stationed as part of a multinational deterrent to Russian
aggression. These soldiers, around 900 at any given time, rotate through
deployments under Operation Cabrit—NATO’s Enhanced Forward Presence (eFP)
initiative—and are charged with defending not only territory, but values.
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Bond University (Australia) - Booze ads are over the limit
Despite the fact Australians consume an eye-watering 225 million litres of
alcohol each year, a surprising 90 per cent of us are concerned about the
likelihood of more alcohol advertising on TV.
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Holyrood Website
(Scotland) - Dying for a drink: Experts call for cancer warnings on alcohol
Last year Scotland recorded its highest number of alcohol-specific deaths
in 15 years. According to official statistics, 1,277 people died from
conditions related to their drinking, an increase in one death from the
previous year. And yet those figures only tell part of the story.
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IAS Blog - How
could the US-EU alcohol tariff war affect alcohol consumption and harm?
The current US administration under Trump has threatened the European Union
(EU) with a 200% tariff on spirits and wine coming to America from the EU. This
is in response to the EU having a tariff on certain American spirits going to
the EU, which in turn is a response to the US putting a tariff on all EU steel
and aluminium imports to the US.
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IAS Blog - An
alcohol policy community of practice: A model for knowledge-sharing and
collaboration
It started with an idea: what if people from across Canada, and across
sectors, had a place they could come together to strengthen alcohol policy? It
was a concept we heard clearly during the second round of the Canadian Alcohol
Policy Evaluation (CAPE) project six years ago and has since blossomed into a
large and dynamic community of practice (CoP).
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NordAN (Finland) - Survey:
Finns believe home delivery of alcohol threatens the wellbeing of children and
families
A recent survey conducted by A-Clinic Foundation, the Finnish Association
for Substance Abuse Prevention EHYT, and the Federation of Mother and Child
Homes and Shelters shows that Finns perceive alcohol home delivery as a threat
to the wellbeing of families and children.
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NordAN (Denmark) - New
age limits for alcohol sales to 16-17-year-olds in Denmark: Enters into force
on 1 April 2025
As of 1 April 2025, the alcohol threshold will be lowered for sales to
16-17-year-olds. The new limits mean that it will no longer be permitted to
sell beverages containing more than 6 percent alcohol to young people under 18.
There are also requirements for proper signage at points of sale.
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