On Friday, the 1st of August, amendments to the Law on Circulation of Alcoholic Beverages will come into force, providing for significant changes aimed at reducing alcohol consumption in Latvia and its consequences. One of the changes is the shortening of the hours of sale of alcoholic beverages.
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Medscape - Alcohol and Pancreatic Cancer:
New Evidence About Risk
Does drinking alcohol increase the risk for pancreatic cancer? Researchers
have long suspected it does, but the evidence has remained inconsistent. Now, a
global study of more than two million people is firming up the case that a link
exists.
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BBC (Wales) - Calls to reinvest money from
minimum alcohol pricing to help addicts
Any income made from increasing the minimum unit price for alcohol in Wales
should be reinvested in addiction services, the chair of a Senedd committee has
said.
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The Copenhagen Post (Denmark) - “Pure
candy” alcohol product must not be marketed, board says
The alcoholic shot tube named “Pure Candy” may no longer be marketed, according
to a decision from the Alcohol Advertising Board.
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NTV Kenya (Kenya) - Kenya raises legal
alcohol drinking age to 21
The government has set 21 years as the minimum legal age for consuming alcohol,
effectively ending the 18 year legal limit. Additionally no person under the
age of 21 will be allowed to access or enter any alcohol-selling outlets —
whether accompanied or unaccompanied by an appropriate adult.
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Philenews (Cyprus) - Limassol leads Cyprus
alcohol consumption as drinking increases tenfold in the summer, study finds
Limassol records the highest daily alcohol consumption per resident in Cyprus,
exceeding Ayia Napa by 140% and Nicosia by 60%, according to an epidemiological
study using wastewater analysis published in Science of The Total Environment.
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Irish Examiner (Ireland) - Alcohol and drug
treatment cases jump almost 80% since 2017
Alcohol treatment cases have risen by almost 20% in the last seven years,
official figures show.
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Movendi - Movendi Analysis: Second Revised
Version of Political Declaration Text
Alcohol industry language, no alcohol policy action: UN Political
Declaration on NCDs and Mental Health risks becoming meaningless.
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UNSW Sidney (Australia) - Why it’s time for
cancer warning labels for alcohol
It took 16 years to get labels on bottles warning of the danger of drinking
while pregnant. Australians can’t afford for it to take that long for cancer
warnings, say UNSW researchers.
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Alcohol and Cancer - The Lancet: Three in
five liver cancer cases due to preventable risk factors; obesity-linked cases
on the rise, new analysis suggest
The majority of liver cancer cases could be prevented by reducing levels of
viral hepatitis, alcohol consumption and MASLD (metabolic
dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease – previously called
non-alcoholic fatty liver disease), suggests an analysis as part of The Lancet
Commission on liver cancer.
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NordAN (Latvia) - Latvia tightens alcohol
sales and advertising from 1 August
On 1 August 2025 Latvia will introduce some of the tightest controls on retail
alcohol sales in the European Union. The amendments to the Law on the
Circulation of Alcoholic Beverages were passed by the Saeima (parliament) on 9
January after more than two years of debate.
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NordAN (Finland) - NordAN voices strong
concerns over Finland’s proposed alcohol law reform
NordAN has submitted a response to Finland’s Ministry of Social Affairs and
Health regarding the draft legislation to amend the Alcohol Act (VN/1531/2024).
The proposed changes, open for consultation until 31 July 2025, would legalize
home delivery of alcohol, permit cross-border distance sales of wine and
spirits, and lift Finland’s longstanding ban on digital advertising of strong
alcoholic beverages.
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