EurActiv (EU) - Fighting alcohol
harm: The EU's strategy under review
Europeans have the
highest per-capita consumption of alcohol, and drinking causes nearly
1-in-10 cases of ill health and premature death. The European
Commission’s informal alcohol strategy, launched in 2006, is set
for a detailed evaluation in 2013, with the policy objective of
reducing the health and social harm caused by excessive alcohol
consumption.
Finland Times
(Finland) - Google stops alcohol ads
Search engine
operator and online marketing company Google has decided to stop
advertisements of alcohol and alcoholic beverages in Finland from
Tuesday.
Mmegi Online
(Botswana) - Botswana drinking rate fell before alcohol levy
A World Health
Organisation (WHO) report indicates that the rate of drinking in
Botswana was already declining before the alcohol levy was introduced
in 2008. The report says that Botswana's alcohol consumption went
down in a five-year period from 2000-2005.
Egypt Independent
(Egypt) - Bad spirits: Brotherhood govt targets Egypt's alcohol
industry
A few streets down
from a crowded local mosque in the affluent satellite suburb of 6th
of October City, Abu Ramez proudly stacks Egyptian beer and wine onto
the shelves of his supermarket, Bazaar al-Gamaa.
AllAfrica.com
(Nigeria) - Nigeria: Minister Cautions Nigerians On Excessive
Salt, Alcohol Intake
The Minister of
State for Health, Dr Muhammad Pate, on Sunday cautioned on excessive
consumption of salt and alcohol as the world marks the Health Day.
New Vision
(Uganda) - Drivers should not take any alcohol – Police
AS long as you
have tasted alcohol, do not get behind the wheel, otherwise you risk
being arrested and charged, says Dr. Steven Kasiima, the traffic
Police senior commissioner.
Telegraph.co.uk
(Russia) - Government campaign targets alcohol abuse
A legendary
capacity for hard drinking is finally being challenged – by a
changing work ethic and a government crackdown.
BU Today - A
Drink a Day Raises Cancer Risk, Study Says
How many of us
enjoy a glass or two of wine at dinner? How many of us have read that
moderate drinking of red wine is good for the heart? How many of us
know that even moderate drinking might increase our cancer risk?
The Independent
(UK) - Street disorder drops after Ipswich bans super-strength
alcohol
An East Anglian
town has seen a dramatic fall in street disorder since most of its
shopkeepers banned the sale of super-strength alcohol.
Daily Mail (UK) -
Children as young as SEVEN are being admitted to hospital with
alcohol addiction
Children as young
as seven are being admitted to hospital with alcohol problems, an
investigation has found.
Herald Scotland
(Scotland) - Underage drink fears as supermarket beats ban
THE campaign
against underage drinking and anti-social behaviour in Scotland has
been dealt a heavy blow after the country's largest local authority
lost a landmark ruling at the Court of Session.
NEWS.com.au
(Australia) - Close legal loophole and boot out booze ads,
VicHealth urges
A LEGAL loophole
allowing alcohol advertising during the day should be closed
immediately, the state's peak health group has urged.
Pro Bono Australia
(Australia) - Cost of Alcohol Misuse Double Govt Revenue
The cost to
society from alcohol harm and misuse in Australia is double that
raised in tax and excise revenue by the Federal Government, according
to a new study by the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC).
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
- Low Life Expectancy Continues To Plague Former Soviet Countries
More than two
decades after the fall of communism, most former Soviet countries
still have mortality rates significantly higher than those in Western
Europe.
B92 (Serbia) -
Serbia "fourth in alcohol consumption"
An adult citizen
of Serbia consumes an average of about 11 liters of alcohol each
year, ranking Serbia the fourth country in Europe.
CTV News (Canada)
- Ontario's doctors say province needs to address its 'drinking
problem'
Ontario has a
drinking problem and the government must do something about it, the
organization representing the province's doctors said Tuesday.
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