BBN (Estonia) - Government approves alcohol-tax increase
from January
Estonia’s
government agreed to raise alcohol taxes from January in spite of having
pledged in May that it would not raise the alcohol excise in 2012.
The Local.se
(Sweden) - Drunken Swedes choose knives
to kill: study
The average
murderer in Sweden and neighbouring Finland are drunk men armed with knives who
kill on the spur of the moment, according to a new study.
Helsingin Sanomat
(Finland) - Children and young adults
express displeasure over parents' drinking habits
The drinking
habits of parents, or more specifically the drinking problems of parents,
become most unpleasant in the eyes of their offspring when they lead to
reneging on what has previously been agreed and promised.
IceNews (Denmark)
- WHO calls for Denmark drinking age
hike
The World Health
Organisation has warned the new Danish government that it should take steps to
reduce the amount of alcohol being consumed by teenagers.
The impact of small changes in bar closing hours
on violence. The Norwegian experience from 18 cities
The Norwegian
Institute for Alcohol and Drug Research presents findings and conclusions from
research on the relation between bar closing hours and violence.
BBC News (Scotland)
- Online loopholes in Scottish alcohol
bill
Online deals are
being used to get round new laws banning discounted promotions on alcohol in
Scotland.
BBC News - What damage does alcohol do to our bodies?
We know that
drinking too much alcohol is bad for us. It gives us hangovers, makes us feel
tired and does little for our appearance - and that is just the morning
afterwards.
The Economist
(Africa) - Keep on walking
THE Q bar in the
Westlands district of Nairobi is the sort of place that makes marketers
salivate. A few pool tables, a few flat-screen televisions (not all tuned to
English football), some prostitutes, but not enough to scare off girlfriends,
the bottles tidily arranged behind the bar, a soft gangsta soundtrack, and a
crowd full of wage-earning 20-something men.
The Canberra
Times (Australia) - Call to end
watering-down alcohol prices
Cheap wines
selling for less than a bottle of water would increase to $7 or $8 under a plan
by health groups to tax alcoholic drinks by strength and volume.
Belfast Telegraph
(UK) - Cut drink-drive limit even
further: charity
Environment
Minister Alex Attwood has been urged to adopt a “zero tolerance” policy to
drink-driving by significantly slashing the blood alcohol limit for all
drivers.
Sudan Tribune
(Sudan) - Sale of alcohol to minors
widespread in South Sudan – report
An internal
report from South Sudan ministry of gender,child and social welfare seen by
Sudan Tribune on Saturday said that children under the legal limit of 18 are
involved in the sale and widespread consumption of alcohol.
MarketWatch
(Canada) - National Report Sheds Light
on Student Alcohol and Drug Use
Authors of a new
report released today on alcohol and drug use by high school students across
Canada raise concern about the prevalence of alcohol and cannabis use among
senior high school students (grades 10-12). Specifically, they highlight the
percentage of 12th graders who report drinking to excess, using cannabis daily,
and/or driving after drinking or using cannabis.
New York Times - Risks: Alcohol Deaths and the Solo Life
Researchers at
the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health studied deaths before and after a
reduction in the price of alcohol in Finland, and tracked the fatalities
attributable to alcohol abuse — liver disease, alcohol poisoning,
alcohol-related violence or accidents, among others. The results appear in the
September issue of PLoS Medicine.
Independent
Online (South Africa) - Foetal alcohol
syndrome is on the rise, says study
FOETAL alcohol
syndrome is ravaging Western Cape farming communities, with hundreds of
children affected, research has found.
News24 (South
Africa) - Ad industry unites against
booze ban
Members of the
advertising industry have come together in an effort to prevent the
government's proposed ban on alcohol advertising, it emerged on Friday.
Ghana
Broadcasting Corporation (Ghana) - Feminine
Face Of Alcohol In Ghana
It’s all common
to find our women dancing, exposing part of their body, and singing all in the
name of alcohol. For the past one decade in the history of Ghana, our country
has witnessed the proliferation of alcohol products with major advertisement in
either a huge bill board in town or ads on our major television stations.
Nigerian Tribune
(Nigeria) - Why alcohol is deadlier than
cocaine, heroin
Illegal
substances such as heroin, cocaine, marijauna and the like are considered by
many people as deadly forms of recreation, not knowing that alcohol may be just
as deadly as hard drugs or even worse.
Irish Times
(Ireland) - Radical steps urged to
tackle drink abuse
GOVERNMENT PLANS
to put alcohol abuse alongside drug abuse have been welcomed by leading
activists in the treatment of addiction problems.
Zee News - Booze hits body’s ability to ward off viral
infections
Alcohol changes
the anti-viral and inflammatory functions of monocytes. “Alcohol has a profound
effect of inhibiting IFN production in monocytes regardless of whether the
danger signal is intracellular (TLR8) or surface-derived (TLR4). Such a
reduction would impair the body’s ability to fight off infection,” Prof Szabo
said.
Malta Independent
Online (EU) - MEPs propose alcohol ban
for newly-licensed drivers
Newly qualified
motorists in Europe should not be allowed to drink any alcohol before driving
until they have held a full licence for two years, European parliamentarians
proposed this week.
Reuters (EU) - New drivers should stay dry, EU lawmakers
say
Newly qualified
motorists in Europe should not be allowed to drink any alcohol before driving
until two years after they have passed their test, EU lawmakers proposed on
Tuesday.
Pharmaceutical
Processing (USA) - Health Officials Eye
Measures to Curb Harmful Use of Alcohol
Top health
officials from North, Central and South America and the Caribbean have endorsed
a series of actions that the Pan American Health Organization/World Health
Organization (PAHO/WHO) says could significantly reduce the public health
impact of alcohol.
Fiji Times (Fiji)
- Scale up action to control alcohol and
tobacco use
World Health
Organisation South Pacific officer in charge Steve Iddings said
non-communicable diseases were claiming victims at increasingly younger ages,
even during childhood, depriving many people of their most productive years.
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