INAUTONEWS
(Sweden) - Autoliv developing automatic in-car breath sensor
Autoliv is
developing an alcohol breath sensor that will operate automatically
when the driver gets in the car.
The Guardian (UK)
- Alcohol packaging should carry graphic health warnings, urge
doctors
Bottles of beer,
wine and spirits should carry cigarette-style graphic health warnings
to make clear that alcohol is linked to cancer, infertility and
violence, doctors are urging.
Examiner.com -
Study: Alcohol is more of a "gateway" drug than
marijuana
For generations we
have been told that marijuana is the gateway drug to harder drugs,
but a new study from the University of Florida contradicts that
claim. Researchers believe that the true “gateway drug” is
alcohol.
msnbc.com -
Twitter offers 'age verification' tool to alcohol brands
Twitter users can
expect to see more age verification requests now that the site has
made its pilot program available for free to any company that with
age-restricted content. Twitter has been testing the feature for the
past month through select beer company accounts.
The Guardian
(South Korea) - South Korea cracks down on alcohol-fuelled
violence
South Korean
drinkers are being warned not to let their prodigious consumption
lead to violence, amid evidence of an epidemic of alcohol-fuelled
crime.
Telegraph.co.uk
(UK) - MPs to warn: Alcohol industry in the "last chance
saloon"
The alcohol
industry is in the "last chance saloon" and should face
heavier regulation if it does not take action to discourage dangerous
drinking, a report by MPs will warn.
Stuff.co.nz (New
Zealand) - Kiwis bombarded by alcohol messages
Labour is calling
for changes to stop the normalisation of alcohol by sporting and
cultural heroes amid an 'explosion' of foetal alcohol syndrome.
Radio
New Zealand (New Zealand) - 'Explosion' in foetal alcohol
syndrome
The Ministry of
Health says talk of a significant increase in the number of children
with foetal alcohol syndrome is of real concern.
Irish Times
(Ireland) - Majority support minimum price for alcohol
MORE THAN half of
Irish men are against a ban on alcohol industry sponsorship of sports
events as promised by the Government, a new survey has found. However
most adults (58 per cent) support a minimum unit price for alcohol,
according to the survey by the Health Research Board released
yesterday.
Reuters (Russia) -
Fresh blow for Brewers as Russia plans advertising ban
Russia is poised
to further tighten rules on alcohol advertising, dealing a fresh blow
to Carlsberg and other brewers who have invested heavily in one of
the world's fastest-growing markets.
Irish Times
(Ireland) - Alcohol and inequality factors in people taking own
lives in rural areas
FOR ONE young man,
suicide seemed a more natural option than trying to get into college.
An older man said he would be better off dead because he was a burden
on others.
Times of Malta
(Malta) - Alcohol consumption trends and facts
Without wishing to
enter into a tit-for-tat argument with Sina Bugeja as chief executive
officer of The Foundation for Social Welfare Services, after her
letter of July 3, I feel that, given her questioning of our “sources”
for the quotes I made in my Talking Point of June 7, it is only fair
I give her the facts.
Ynetnews (Israel)
- Alcohol advertising on billboards, buses banned
The Knesset
Economics Committee has approved regulations that will significantly
reduce advertising of alcohol, which come on the heels of a law
restricting advertising of alcoholic beverages passed three months
ago.
BusinessLIVE
(South Africa) - Brewer extends sponsorship, while government
mulls alcohol advertising
This deal comes as
both the Department of Social Development and Department of Health
want to pass legislation that would in effect prohibit the
advertising and promotion of alcoholic products.
The Moscow Times
(Russia) - Duma Passes Draft of Alcohol Ad Bill
Russia is poised
to further tighten rules on alcohol advertising, dealing a fresh blow
to Carlsberg and other brewers who have invested heavily in one of
the world's fastest-growing markets.
AFP (Chech
Republic) - Czech teens, Europe's heaviest underage drinkers
Shaken awake by
police on a park bench, a 12-year-old boy from Prague was so drunk he
could neither walk nor talk -- grim evidence of an unparalleled
alcohol scourge affecting underage Czechs.
Business Day
(South Africa) - OPINION: Good case for a total ban on alcohol
advertising
The voice of the
public health community, which does not have a vested interest in
deriving an income from the sale or marketing of alcohol products,
has been largely absent in the debate.
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