Estimating the global health burden of alcohol remains a priority for researchers and policymakers, providing necessary context for tracking policy progress and framing public discussion on the harmful effects of alcohol.
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Euractiv (Poland) - Consumer
group seeks total alcohol advertising ban in Poland
Legal loopholes and new technologies are used to aggressively market beer
brands, despite explicit bans. Authorities rarely intervene, says a new report.
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UC San Diego Today - Alcohol
Opens the Floodgates for Bad Bacteria
Alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) is a major cause of liver
transplantation and death worldwide, and its impact is only growing. In 2022,
the annual cost of ALD in the United States was $31 billion.
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News-Medical - Alcohol
misuse among college students linked to academic and mental health harms
It's well known that alcohol misuse can harm not only drinkers themselves
but also those around them. Now, a new report in the Journal of Studies on
Alcohol and Drugs shows that, among college students, harms such as lower
grades, mental distress and even suicidal thoughts are linked to being exposed
to a drinker's poor behavior.
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The Independent - The
science behind what happens to your body when you quit drinking alcohol
Alcohol has many negative effects on our health, some of which may surprise
you. These include short-term impacts such as waking up with a pounding head or
anxiety, to long-term effects including cancer.
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canadian affairs
(Canada) - ‘Alcohol is a poison’ that needs honest warning labels: Senator
Brazeau
Senator Patrick Brazeau may be best remembered for facing off with then
Liberal MP Justin Trudeau in a 2012 charity boxing match — or perhaps for the
series of scandals that followed, including assault and cocaine possession
charges and being suspended from the Senate for improper housing expenses.
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Irish Legal News
(Ireland) - Restaurants offering ‘bottomless brunches’ in breach of alcohol
legislation
A new paper by researchers at Technological University of the Shannon (TUS)
highlights “numerous examples” of venues offering unlimited alcohol for a fixed
price over a set time period.
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ITVX (UK) - 'Stigma
is a barrier': Father of boy with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder calls for
more awareness
A Jersey father is calling for more informed training, knowledge and
support for children living with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder - known as
FASD.
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IOL (South Africa) - Malema
calls for total ban on alcohol ads, says industry hides drinking’s social harm
EFF leader Julius Malema says South Africa should follow the example set
with tobacco and impose a total ban on alcohol advertising, arguing that
current marketing glamorises drinking while concealing its social costs.
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The Post (New Zealand)
- Government drops plan to cut bottle store hours in alcohol law shake-up
The Government has decided not to reduce the hours alcohol bottle stores
can be open amid reforms announced today.
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PopNAD - Young
people, alcohol and risk: A Culture of Caution
A recent book by an international team of authors theorises the social,
cultural and economic shifts accompanying the decline in youth alcohol
consumption observed in many high-income countries since the early 2000s.
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IAS Blog (UK) - Why
England and Wales need a lower drink drive limit
In mid-August, news emerged that the UK government is considering reducing
the drink drive limit in England and Wales from 80mg of alcohol in 100ml of
blood to 50mg*. This would bring them in line with Scotland, which reduced its
limit in 2014, and with every other European country, all of which have limits
of 50mg or less.
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Oncology News - Alcohol
and cancer: what clinicians need to know
A recent JAMA Insights article by Morford et al. highlights the strong link
between alcohol consumption and cancer risk, underscoring the importance of
patient counselling in routine clinical practice.
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NordAN (Finland) - The
future of young people is the future of the state. Increasing youth problems
with addiction and homelessness is not the right way to balance public finances
Homelessness among young Finns, as well as problems with substance use and
gambling, are on the rise. Today, on 25 August 2025, the Blue Ribbon
Association (Sininauhaliitto ry) and the Blue Ribbon Foundation
(Sininauhasäätiö) made an appeal to Minister of Sport and Youth, Mika Poutala,
on behalf of young people’s lives.
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