ERR News (Estonia) - Estonians
Drank More Booze in 2011
Alcohol consumption increased in Estonia by 11 percent in 2011,
compared to the year before, due to rising income and decreasing unemployment,
according to a study by TNS Emor.
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New York Daily News (Scotland) - Scotland
sets minimum alcohol price?
The Scottish government set out a minimum price for alcohol Monday,
saying too many Scots were "drinking themselves to death" and it was
time to tackle the country's relationship with booze.
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NBC New York (USA) - LIRR
Alcohol Ban on Overnight Trains Goes into Effect This Weekend
Starting this weekend, the Long Island Rail Road is banning alcohol on
overnight weekend trains out of Penn Station. The pilot program is an effort to
curb disorderly passengers and attacks on train crew members.
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The Moscow Times (Russia) - Russian
Olympians Will Stay Dry in London
Members of Russia's official Olympic delegation to London will find
their summer a bit drier than usual. Alcoholic drinks will be banned at any
event organized by the Russian delegation in which athletes or delegation officials participate,
Kommersant reported, citing information from the minutes of a meeting led by
Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak, the official in charge of the team's trip
to London.
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Voice of America (USA) - Music
Industry Addresses Drug, Alcohol Problems
The drug-related deaths of popular entertainers like Whitney Houston
have focused attention on drug and alcohol abuse, both inside and outside the
entertainment industry. Celebrities may
be at special risk, but some in the industry say they are addressing the
problem.
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Stuff.co.nz (New Zealand) - Alcohol-related
visits to ED up sharply
The number of patients visiting the Southland Hospital's emergency
department for alcohol-related injuries has almost doubled in the past three
years.
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EurekAlert - On-premise alcohol
outlets have stronger links to crime than off-premise alcohol outlets
Prior research has shown that neighborhoods with higher densities of
alcohol outlets are more likely to have higher rates of violent crimes. This
study examined the effects of different types of alcohol outlets – on-premise
such as bars and restaurants, and off-premise such as liquor and convenience
stories – on four different categories of crime in urban neighborhoods. Results
show a stronger relationship between density of outlets and crime for on- than
off-premise outlets.
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Daily Mail (UK) - One in eight
deaths before retirement is caused by alcohol, study finds
One in eight deaths of UK adults under the age of 64 is caused by
alcohol, an international conference on tackling problem drinking has heard.
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BusinessWeek (Turkey) - Turkish
Province Starts Fining Public Alcohol Use, Milliyet Says
A central Turkish province started fining people for public consumption
and sale of alcohol, saying drinking in open spaces and vehicles is causing
unwanted situations, Milliyet reported.
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Irish Times (Ireland) - Minister
to end alcohol sponsorship of sports
ALCOHOL SPONSORSHIP of sports events is to be ended, Minister of State
for Health Róisín Shortall has pledged. “I am committed to phasing that out
over a reasonable period of time,” she said in the Dáil. There is “no room for
ambivalence in our approach”.
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EurekAlert - Examining adaptive
abilities in children with prenatal alcohol exposure and/or ADHD
Prenatal exposure to alcohol often results in disruption to the brain's
cognitive and behavioral domains, which include executive function (EF) and
adaptive functioning. A study of these domains in children with heavy prenatal
alcohol exposure (PAE), non-exposed children with
attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and children without PAE or
ADHD has found that, despite similarities in the relation between EF and
adaptive abilities among children with ADHD or PAE, the patterns of abilities
in these children were different.
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Independent Online (South Africa) - ‘Put graphic images on alcohol’
The planned use of graphic images on cigarette packs to show the
effects of tobacco should be extended to alcohol products as it is more
cancerous than tobacco, says the SA Dental Association (Sada).
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Science Codex - Resiliency
during early teen years can protect against later alcohol/drug use
Resiliency is a measure of a person's ability to flexibly adapt their
behaviors to fit the surroundings in which they find themselves. Low resiliency
during childhood has been linked to later alcohol/drug problems during the
teenage years. A new study has examined brain function and connectivity to
assess linkages between resiliency and working memory, finding that higher
resiliency may be protective against later alcohol/drug use.
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The Australian (Australia) - Minister
moves to end remote alcohol bans
QUEENSLAND Indigenous Affairs Minister Glen Elmes has declared
prohibition does not work, in the strongest indication yet that he will scrap
the total alcohol bans in eight of the state's 19 Aboriginal communities.
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stv.tv (Scotland) - Tories seek
European legal challenge to Alcohol Minimum Pricing Bill
The Tories are urging legal action against minimum alcohol pricing,
despite supporting the Scottish Government plan.
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OnMedica (EU) - Ban alcohol
adverts across Europe, urges alliance of experts
Alcohol advertising should be banned in Europe in a bid to drive down
excess boozing and associated ill health across the continent, concludes an
alliance of experts in a new policy brief.
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The Press Association - Warning
over alcohol-related deaths
One in eight deaths of UK adults under the age of 64 is caused by
alcohol, an international conference on tackling problem drinking has heard.
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Science Network Western Australia (Australia) - TV alcohol advertising reaching quarter of child audience
UNIVERSITY of WA research has exposed the alarmingly high levels of
alcohol television advertising screened during potential child viewing times,
at odds with efforts to reduce alcohol-related harm in Australia.
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Insideireland.ie (Ireland) - Alcohol
affecting mental health of youngsters
A new study on youth mental health has revealed that drinking alcohol
is majorly affecting young people’s mental health. The study also found that
suicide thoughts, self-harm and suicide attempts are higher for those who do
not open up about their problems.
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