The first of
October marks the beginning of the annual temperance campaign
conducted by the national health board Sundhedsstyrelsen. The media
blitz featuring print, broadcast and billboard ads focuses each year
on the societal and individual health risks associated with drinking
too much alcohol.
ERR
News (Estonia) - Medical Unions Propose Tax Hike on Light
Alcoholic Beverages
Health care
professionals are proposing that the money needed to meet their
demands could be raised by bringing the excise tax on light alcoholic
beverages level with the excise tax on strong alcoholic beverages.
Sverige Radio
(Sweden) - Alcohol home deliveries on the way in Stockholm
The government has
decided that four areas in Stockholm county can have home delivery of
alcohol from the state monopoly Systembolaget on a trial basis.
Addictionts
(Sweden) – New leads on the causes of alcoholism
In order to
develop new medications for alcoholism, researchers need to
understand how alcohol acts on the brain’s reward system. A
previously unknown mechanism has been shown to block the rewarding
effects of alcohol on the brain, reveals a thesis from the University
of Gothenburg, Sweden.
BBC News (UK) -
Warning over middle class parents' alcohol habits
Too many middle
class parents are drinking excessively as a way of coping with the
demands of family life, a report suggests.
The Telegraph (UK)
- Beware British binge drinking, Cambridge video tells foreign
students
A video urging new
international students to steer clear of Britain's binge-drinking
culture will be shown at Cambridge University this week.
Irish Times
(Ireland) - Time to break link between alcohol and sport
Should something
as generally positive and healthy as sport be seen in bed with
alcohol and all its attendant health risks?
Scoience Codex -
Moderate alcohol consumption may increase risk of atrial
fibrillation in people with heart disease
Moderate alcohol
consumption increases the risk of atrial fibrillation in older people
with heart disease or advanced diabetes, found a study in CMAJ
(Canadian Medical Association Journal).
AllAfrica.com -
East Africa: WHO Warns of Alcohol Deaths
More people in the
East African Community (EAC) partner states are expected to die due
to alcohol-related causes, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has
warned.
UPI.com - Smoking,
alcohol tied to pancreatic cancer
The average age at
which pancreatic cancer is found is 72, but U.S. researchers say
those who smoke and drink heavily may develop it sooner.
Daily Finance -
NTRR Formulates Plan to Dramatically Reduce Global Alcohol
Addiction
As the United
States and other nations, struggle with high rates of alcohol abuse
and addiction, Neutra Corp. (OTCBB: NTRR) is developing a business
plan to help eliminate the social health costs that alcoholism wreaks
around the globe.
Ninemsn
(Australia) - Alcohol warning can curb drinking: study
Negative warning
labels on pre-mixed alcoholic drinks may help curb binge drinking
among high-risk youths, research shows.
Interfax (Ukraine)
- Ukraine needs alcohol policy concept, experts say
Ukrainian medical
professionals say Ukraine has to adopt a concept for an alcohol
policy at the legislative level.
stv.tv (Scotland)
- Health Secretary 'firmly' believes minimum pricing meets
European law
The Health
Secretary still "firmly" believes that minimum pricing
meets European law. Alex Neil also insisted that the measure is the
"most effective and efficient way to tackle alcohol misuse in
Scotland".
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