The tobacco and alcohol industries’ lobbying exploits social networks and influences public policy. For more than twenty years, their marketing techniques have been studied by Karine Gallopel-Morvan, scientific director of the RECLAMS network (Réseau éclairage sur le lobbying et analyse du marketing des industriels).
https://www.polytechnique-insights.com/en/columns/society/the-power-of-the-tobacco-and-alcohol-industries-over-our-health/
National Geographic - Can exercise offset
the risks of drinking alcohol?
Research tracking thousands of adults found that staying fit lowered
mortality and liver disease risk among drinkers—though rising alcohol use still
took a toll.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/health/article/does-exercise-reduce-alcohol-health-risks
CBC (Canada) - Ontario, Nova Scotia sign
deal to allow direct-to-consumer alcohol sales
Ontario and Nova Scotia have agreed to let their residents buy alcohol
directly from the other's province, part of the premiers' ongoing work to
bolster interprovincial trade.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/ontario-nova-scotia-deal-direct-to-consumer-alcohol-sales-9.7111786
Medscape - Young Adults Report Urge to
Drink After Seeing Alcohol Posts
Young adults who viewed alcohol-related posts on social media reported a
higher desire to drink than those who did not see such posts, especially when
they found the influencers credible or had been drinking recently.
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/young-adults-report-urge-drink-after-seeing-alcohol-posts-2026a10006my
News-Medical - Alcohol-warning labels and
pricing could prevent cancer deaths
If Canadian jurisdictions mandated warning labels on alcohol and minimum
pricing tied to the number of standard drinks in a container, it could prevent
hundreds of cancer diagnoses and deaths, according to a new study led by
University of Victoria's Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (CISUR).
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260303/Alcohol-warning-labels-and-pricing-could-prevent-cancer-deaths.aspx
Neuroscience News - Why Socializing Loses
to Alcohol in Addiction
Why do individuals with alcohol use disorders often prioritize drinking
over meaningful social connections? A new study identifies a specific brain
region—the anterior insula—as a key driver of this maladaptive choice.
https://neurosciencenews.com/alcohol-bias-anterior-insula-30223/
Medical Xpress - Alcohol abstinence enables
regeneration even in advanced liver cirrhosis
Consistent and permanent abstinence from alcohol can lead to the regression
of existing liver-related complications, even in cases of advanced
alcohol-related cirrhosis.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03-alcohol-abstinence-enables-regeneration-advanced.html
NZ Herald (New Zealand) - Alcohol
Healthwatch ‘horrified’ after Steinlager beer mislabelled
Alcohol Healthwatch’s executive director has said he was “horrified” after
thousands of Steinlager beer bottles were mislabelled as alcohol-free.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/alcohol-healthwatch-horrified-after-steinlager-beer-mislabelled/URN4OKTUVJCCNF5OU7USMJ2UJY/
Third Force News (Scotland) - No half
measures: urgent action on alcohol is needed
An alcohol charity has demanded bold action on booze in the next Scottish
parliament. Alcohol Focus Scotland has warned Scotland’s next MSPs that it’s
time to get serious about tackling the cost of harm caused by drinking.
https://tfn.scot/news/no-half-measures-urgent-action-on-alcohol-is-needed
VICE - Alcohol Makes Your Brain Forget How
to Communicate With Itself
In a new study published in the scientific journal Drug and Alcohol
Dependence, researchers led by the University of Minnesota found that moderate
alcohol consumption scrambles and hinders brain-wide communication, keeping
signals localized to specific brain regions, thus making your brain less
efficient, which your failed sobriety test proved undeniably.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/alcohol-makes-your-brain-forget-how-to-communicate-with-itself/
The Guardian - Binge drinking rises sharply
among gen Z in their early 20s
Binge drinking rates among gen Z have risen sharply since their teenage
years, according to research that challenges their reputation as “generation
sensible”.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/05/gen-z-binge-drinking-triples-since-teens
WBRZ (USA) - 'They have alcohol and guns,
that's it:' Victim's family calls for closure of after-hours clubs
The family of a man killed outside an after-hours club on Saturday morning
called for the closure of those types of establishments in Baton Rouge.
https://www.wbrz.com/news/they-have-alcohol-and-guns-that-s-it-victim-s-family-calls-for-closure-of-after-hours-clubs/
NordAN (Finland) - NordAN submits comments
to the Commission on Finland’s latest alcohol law reform
NordAN has submitted a contribution to the European Commission on Finland’s
TRIS notification 2025/0782/FI, which concerns a new amendment to the Finnish
Alcohol Act.
https://www.nordicalcohol.org/post/nordan-submits-comments-to-the-commission-on-finland-s-latest-alcohol-law-reform
Movendi (Cambodia) - New Danish Documentary
Follows Kim Eng’s Stand Against Alcohol Industry Exploitation of Cambodian
People
A new Danish documentary “Cambodian Beer Dreams” tells the advocacy story
of Movendi International member Yong Kim Eng, exposing the aggressive expansion
of the alcohol industry in Cambodia and the harm this causes to the people.
https://movendi.ngo/community-latest/new-danish-documentary-follows-kim-engs-stand-against-alcohol-industry-exploitation-of-cambodian-people/
NordAN (Iceland) - Iceland’s online alcohol
fight reaches court and parliament
A long-running dispute over online alcohol sales in Iceland is now moving
on two tracks at once. In a new opinion article published on 3 March, Siv
Friðleifsdóttir writes that the main hearing in the criminal case against the
online seller Smáríkið is scheduled to begin on Thursday, 5 March, in Reykjanes
District Court.
https://www.nordicalcohol.org/post/iceland-s-online-alcohol-fight-reaches-court-and-parliament
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