YLE uutiset
(Finland) - PTT: "Stronger beer prices would fall by 25% if
sold in grocery stores"
The Pellervo
Economic Research Institute (PTT) says that allowing grocery stores
to sell stronger beer than they can at present would cause dramatic
price reductions. Currently all beverages with an alcohol content
exceeding 4.7 percent (so-called Class III beers) are sold
exclusively by the state-run Alko retail stores.
The Local (Sweden)
- 'High tolerance' cited in man's drunk driving win
A 61-year-old
caught driving with a blood-alcohol level five times over Sweden's
legal limit walked free after a court in southern Sweden cited his
high tolerance for alcohol.
Government offices
of Sweden (Sweden) - Information seminar on Sweden's alcohol
policy and the role of Systembolaget
The next
information seminar for diplomats will be devoted to Sweden's alcohol
policy and the role of Systembolaget. Presentations will be made by
Ms Sara Norell, Head of the Purchasing Department, and by Mr Ulf
Sjödin, Head of Category Management, both from Systembolaget.
News in English
(Norway) - Health minister rejects more wine and tobacco
restrictions
A commission of
health care experts has proposed a new list of restrictions to
further discourage consumption of tobacco and alcohol but Heath
Minister Jonas Gahr Støre apparently thinks they went a bit far. He
quickly rejected several of their recommendations.
News of Iceland
(Iceland) - Alcohol sales decrese
Alcohol
consumption decreases steadily and has not been less for the last
seven years. Alcohol sales decreased about 1.4% from January 2012 to
January 2013.
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Oakland Press
(Canada) - Canadian study: Alcohol-related deaths decline after
price increase
Increasing the
minimum price of alcohol by 10 percent can lead to immediate and
significant drops in drink-related deaths and may also have long-term
beneficial health effects, according to a study published on
Thursday.
New York Daily
News - Mixing diet soda with alcohol gets you drunk faster: study
Those who mixed
vodka with diet soda had breath alcohol concentrations 18% higher
than those who mixed with regular soda, a study found.
Sky News (UK) -
Children Of Alcoholics Face Ongoing Struggle
As Children of
Alcoholics Week begins, campaigners are trying to raise awareness
about the difficulties faced by youngsters who grow up in households
with alcohol abuse issues.
Science Network
Western Australia (Australia) - Proximity to take-home alcohol
outlet increases harm, depression
A RECENT
Perth-based study has shown new evidence that people with greater
access to liquor outlets were more likely to consume harmful levels
of alcohol and develop mental health disorders.
Telegraph.co.uk -
'Moderate drinkers' underestimate alcohol use by 40 per cent, says
health chief
A new official
snapshot of the country’s drinking patterns found people are
underestimating their consumption by up to 40 per cent.
International
Business Times (Russia) - Last Call: Russia Aims To Sober Up With
Proposal To Raise Drinking Age
The Russian
parliament is considering a new bill that would raise the drinking
age from 18 to 21 amid a nationwide campaign to cut down on alcohol
consumption.
National
Institutes of Health (USA) - NIH study finds missed opportunities
for underage alcohol screening
Physicians often
fail to ask high school-aged patients about alcohol use and to advise
young people to reduce or stop drinking, according to a study led by
the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part
of the National Institutes of Health.
Prague Daily
Monitor (Chech Republic) - Doctors have action plan to fight
alcohol addiction
Experts in
addiction treatment have worked out the National Action Plan to fight
alcoholism in the Czech Republic, which traditionally leads
international standings of alcohol consumption, doctor Petr Popov,
head of the Society for Addictive Diseases, told reporters Wednesday.
Science Daily -
Childhood Emotional Abuse Dramatically Strong Among Male
Alcohol-Dependent Individuals
Individuals who
drink excessively or are alcohol dependent (AD) have reduced central
serotonergic neurotransmission, which can have an impact on planning,
judgment, self-control, and emotional regulation.
LiveScience.com -
Heavy Drinking Raises Risk of Divorce
Till death do us
part may not apply to heavy drinkers, new research suggests. The more
a person drinks, the more likely they are to end up divorced.
Sydney Morning
Herald (Australia) - Women now abusing alcohol at similar levels
to men
MONIQUE STEGER
said she is more likely to stand out in a crowd for being sober than
for getting drunk and making a fool of herself. At 24, she barely
drinks, which she says makes some social situations tough.
Irish Independent
(Ireland) - Ban alcohol sponsorship for sports, say bishops
Speaking in
Dundalk, the vice chair of the Irish Bishops' Drugs Initiative,
Bishop Eamonn Walsh, urged Irish society to support new proposals on
alcohol policy that Primary Care Minister Alex White is to bring to
the Cabinet next week.
Irish Times
(Ireland) - Drugs, alcohol cause of rise in hospital trolley use,
says HSE
An increase in
drug and alcohol abuse cases has been blamed by the HSE for the
recent spike in the number of patients on hospital trolleys.
RAPSI (Russia) -
Interior Ministry seeks to restrict alcohol sales in airports
Airlines should be
allowed to seize alcohol purchased by passengers in airport duty-free
zones, Yury Gruzdev, the deputy head of the Interior Ministry's
Transport Bureau, said on Friday.
Herald.ie
(Ireland) - Call for cancer alert on alcohol
All alcoholic
drinks should be labelled with warnings about the links between
over-consumption and cancers, a report by a Seanad committee has
said.
Toronto Star
(Canada) - Alcohol-related deaths increase with private booze
stores, study finds
Azmi Farah thinks
it is only a matter of time before he can sell beer, wine and spirits
at his mid-town Toronto convenience store and is skeptical about a
new study linking increased private availability of booze to a hike
in alcohol-related deaths.
China Daily
(China) - Liquor industry faces challenges in wake of scandal, ban
Liquor companies'
share prices and sales have slumped sharply before the Lunar New
Year, pressured by a plasticizer contamination scandal and a ban on
government and military banquets that serve alcohol.
Irish Examiner
(Ireland) - Alcohol causes half of all drug fatalities
Deaths caused by
alcohol are increasing and account for neary half of all drug
fatalities, while fatalities from illegal drugs are dropping
dramatically.
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