Alcohol
Action Ireland (Sweden) - Sweden calls for an end to alcohol
advertising on national television
Sweden
has asked the UK to stop alcohol advertising in broadcasts to Sweden
on the basis of the EU’s Audiovisual Media Services Directive.
Radio
Sweden (Sweden) - Big increase in sales of alcohol-free drinks
Sweden’s
state-owned retail alcohol monopoly, Systembolaget, says its biggest
sales increase last year was in alcohol-free drinks. It’s part of
the chain’s mission to encourage less or moderate drinking, and
sales of alcohol-free beverages went up by 35 percent during 2012.
Iceland
Review (Iceland) - Price Increases on Tobacco and Strong Alcohol
The
price of tobacco and strong alcohol increased on January 1 for the
sixth year in a row. The levy of tobacco increased by 12.5 percent in
2008, 15 percent in 2009, 10 percent in 2010, 7 percent in 2011 and 5
percent in 2012.
Evening
Standard (UK) - Alcohol link to road deaths of middle-aged
Londoners
Nearly
half of all middle-aged pedestrians killed in London road accidents
were impaired by alcohol, a study has revealed.
Lithuanian
Tribune (Lithuania) - Lithuanian JustMin proposes penalties for
bying illegal alcohol, tobacco
Lithuania’s
Justice Ministry has proposed penalties for buyers of illegal
alcoholic beverages and tobacco products in hopes of stepping up
efforts against smuggling.
Healio
- High alcohol consumption increased risk for hepatocellular
carcinoma among cirrhotic patients with HBV
Cirrhotic
patients infected with hepatitis B virus who consumed large
quantities of alcohol were at increased risk for hepatocellular
carcinoma compared with patients with either hepatitis B virus or
alcoholism in a recent study.
Times
of India (India) - 'Govt, civil society must fight to curb
alcohol-related problems'
With
alcoholism being a major problem affecting the state, a view has
emerged that the government needs to consider alternative means of
revenue and move away from viewing liquor as a source of revenue
through excise.
News
Observer (USA) - Clark Rounds: Alcohol also kills
The
shooting in Newport was a tragic event, and the suffering of the
families is heartbreaking. However, another cause of death is even
more tragic because these deaths occur in greater numbers every day
and affect many more people. They come from the misuse of alcohol.
LiveScience.com
(Russia) - Russia in a Froth? Beer Now Labeled as Alcohol
In a
desperate effort to control runaway alcoholism, the government of
Russia has officially declared beer is an alcoholic beverage.
AllAfrica.com
(Kenya) - Kenya: Pre-Poll Alcohol Ban Bill Sails Through House
Parliament
yesterday debated a Bill that will outlaw the sale and consumption of
liquor two days before the March 4 election date.
Telegraph.co.uk
(UK) - Alcohol guidelines 'too high' say doctors
Government
alcohol guidelines that were “plucked out of the air” wrongly
suggest that we can drink almost daily with no ill-effects, say
doctors.
Times
of Malta (Malta) - Alcohol is a drug
The
recent feature by the Sense Group (December 24) treads on dangerous
territory. To say that alcohol is not a drug is misleading and I
would ask Sedqa Agency to either confirm this declaration or else
contest it.
Telegraph.co.uk
- Abstaining from alcohol in January 'not enough' liver experts
say
Many
people abstain from alcohol in January to counter the excesses of
Christmas and New Year but liver experts have warned this is not
enough to undo the long-term damage caused.
10News
(USA) - Idaho prisoners blame crimes on booze, sue alcohol makers
A
group of Idaho inmates is suing makers of alcoholic beverages.
Anheuser-Busch, Miller Brewing, and the makers of Jim Beam are facing
a billion dollar lawsuit because the inmates say it was the alcohol
that led them to do their crimes.
PublicServiceEurope.com
(UK) - Liver disease now one of the biggest killers
With
society more readily condoning antisocial behaviour, intoxication is
on the rise and so is liver disease – now killing one in five
people.
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