The Government of Greenland has just submitted expert recommendations for a multi-year, evidence-based alcohol policy to the Parliament of Greenland.
https://www.nordicalcohol.org/post/greenland-expert-recommendations-to-form-the-basis-for-future-alcohol-policy
ScienceDaily - Scientists find brain
circuit that traps alcohol users in the vicious cycle of addiction
Addiction often isn’t about chasing pleasure—it’s about escaping pain.
Researchers at Scripps Research have discovered that a tiny brain region called
the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus (PVT) becomes hyperactive when
animals learn that alcohol eases the agony of withdrawal.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/10/251006051124.htm
IPPR (UK) - Taking stock: Counting the
economic costs of alcohol härm
In this report we first use newly available data to dig deeper into the
effects of alcohol harm on the UK workforce. We argue that alcohol has clear
negative impacts on workforce productivity as a whole. Addressing alcohol harm
should therefore be a core part of the UK’s industrial strategy.
https://www.ippr.org/articles/taking-stock-economic-costs-alcohol
BBC - More Covid 'lockdown babies' damaged
by alcohol
Women drinking more alcohol than usual during Covid pandemic lockdowns has
led to more children starting school this September with a condition caused by
mothers drinking in pregnancy, a paediatric consultant fears.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjw7g1zjwpeo
The Conversation - Women and kids often pay
a heavy price when men drink. Our gender violence plan should reflect this
Globally, up to one in three women who live with a male partner report he
is a heavy drinker. Evidence shows men’s drinking increases the severity and
frequency of violence towards women and harms to children.
https://theconversation.com/women-and-kids-often-pay-a-heavy-price-when-men-drink-our-gender-violence-plan-should-reflect-this-266372
The Guardian (UK) - One in three UK workers
have called in sick after work drinks, survey finds
One in three UK workers have called in sick after drinking at a work event
or after hours with colleagues, research has found.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/oct/08/one-in-three-uk-workers-have-called-in-sick-after-work-drinks-survey-finds
RNZ (New Zealand) - Health NZ cutting
alcohol harm reduction staff and campaigns, union claims
Health New Zealand is proposing to cut staff working on alcohol harm by a
third and end its alcohol research and social marketing campaigns, the public
service union says.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-depth/575047/health-nz-cutting-alcohol-harm-reduction-staff-and-campaigns-union-claims
Global News (Canada) - Alberta First Nation
residents fight drug, alcohol abuse with push for dry community
After attending too many funerals for young people in their community and
feeling scared to let their children play in their yards, residents of Kehewin
Cree Nation wrote a bylaw with serious consequences for people caught selling
or using illegal drugs and alcohol on reserve.
https://globalnews.ca/news/11463893/kehewin-first-nation-drug-alcohol-ban/
Reuters - Europeans ditching alcohol for
taste and health reasons, research firm says
Younger Europeans are drinking less alcohol because of the way it tastes
and concern over their health, a market research firm said on Tuesday,
suggesting slow sales are a result of changing preferences rather than just a
financial squeeze.
https://www.reuters.com/business/europeans-ditching-alcohol-taste-health-reasons-research-firm-says-2025-10-07/
9News.com.au (Australia) - Last drinks? We
could be on the cusp of a great Australian cultural change
Younger people are drinking less alcohol in Australia, with Gen Z leading a
cultural change that could be long-lasting, a new study has claimed.
https://www.9news.com.au/health/alcohol-consumption-australia-gen-z-millennials/002a91f2-d545-4d63-8b35-4731fabaa0ba
TVP World (Poland) - Another Polish city
bans alcohol sales at night
A citywide ban on the retail sale of alcohol between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.
takes effect in the southwestern Polish city of Wrocław on Thursday, amid a
growing trend to curb easy access to alcohol at night.
https://tvpworld.com/89375384/polands-wroclaw-prohibits-nighttime-sale-of-alcohol
Polska Agencja Prasowa SA (Poland) - Most
Poles believe access to alcohol is too easy
In an IBRiS poll conducted for the Rzeczpospolita newspaper and published
on Monday, 68.6 percent of participants said alcohol was too easy to obtain.
The group included 41.5 percent who said "definitely yes" and 27.1
percent who opted for the "rather yes" option.
https://www.pap.pl/en/news/most-poles-believe-access-alcohol-too-easy
PopNAD (Iceland) - Stories of parties, risk
and youth in Iceland
Young people’s drinking habits are often framed in terms of health risks
and prevention, but for those experiencing it, alcohol carries different
meanings. In a study published in NAD, Icelandic researchers Annadís Greta
Rúdólfsdóttir and Ragný Þóra Guðjohnsen set out to explore how young people
themselves imagine the connections between alcohol, gender, and responsibility.
https://nordicwelfare.org/popnad/en/artiklar/stories-of-parties-risk-and-youth-in-iceland/
IAS (UK) - Government launches “fast-track
review” on licensing
The Department for Business and Trade and Prime Minister Keir Starmer have
today announced a “fast-track review” to reform the licensing system. They
describe this as an opportunity to “tear up outdating licensing rules” and want
to hear from “the people who know best: landlords, punters and communities.”
https://www.ias.org.uk/news/licensing-review/
Alcohol Action Ireland (Ireland) - Freeze
in excise duties yet another sweetener to the alcohol Industry
Alcohol Action Ireland (AAI), the national independent advocate to reduce
alcohol harm, is disappointed by the government’s decision not to increase
excise duties on alcohol in today’s Budget. The decision means this is 12th
year in succession that duties have not been touched, so their public health
value continues to be eroded by inflation and are now at least 15% lower in
real terms.
https://alcoholireland.ie/press-release-freeze-in-excise-duties-yet-another-sweetener-to-the-alcohol-industry/
CBC (Canada) - Senate debates bill to
require cancer warning labels on alcohol packaging
Sen. Patrick Brazeau is trying a second time to pass legislation that would
add cancer warning labels to alcohol packaging. The Senate is studying Bill
S-202, a revival of legislation Brazeau introduced in the previous Parliament.
The previous bill died on the order paper when the spring election was called.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/senate-alcohol-warning-9.6933765
Alcohol and Cancer - Alcohol: a major
preventable cause of cancer (IARC Evidence Summary Brief No. 6)
In its sixth Evidence Summary Brief, the International Agency for Research
on Cancer (IARC) highlights alcohol as a major preventable cause of cancer.
Despite growing public health concern, alcohol consumption continues to
increase in several world regions, including the Americas, the Western Pacific,
sub-Saharan Africa, and South-East Asia.
https://www.alcoholandcancer.eu/post/alcohol-a-major-preventable-cause-of-cancer-iarc-evidence-summary-brief-no-6
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