The
Foreigner (Norway) - Norway Liberals liberate supermarket
wine sales
It looks as though
Norway might be moving towards a more (foreign) shopper-oriented
alcohol policy just over five months before the general election.
Last weekend’s national Party congress saw a majority vote in
favour of wine and beer over 4.75 per cent alcohol by volume gracing
the shelves of ordinary supermarkets and shops.
The Local (Denmark/Sweden) - Danish
beer bottles 'too sexy' for Sweden
A cartoon
depiction of a topless woman has been deemed too sexy for Sweden's
state run liquor store monopoly Systembolaget, forcing a brewery in
Denmark to change the beer bottle's label for the Swedish stores.
The Foriegner
(Norway) - Supermarket wine will never work, says Norway trade
organisation
Norwegian alcohol
industry players think politicians and consumers will have a hangover
after buying wine and strong beer in supermarkets.
YLE.fi (Finland) -
Alcohol industry claims higher taxes will mean tax losses
Finland's alcohol
beverage industry says that a planned tax hike for its products will
lead to more people buying cheaper drink in Estonia, depriving
Finland of hundreds of millions in tax revenues.
MedPage Today -
Excess Alcohol Tied to Diabetes Precursor
Prediabetes in
younger patients with early-stage hypertension may be one more risk
to add to the list for heavy drinking, a study showed.
Telegraph.co.uk
(UK) - Minimum alcohol pricing may not happen over 'big, bossy
government' fears
Minimum alcohol
pricing may be scrapped over fears the Coalition would seem like a
"big bossy government cracking down on people who don't have a
problem", a health minister has admitted.
U.S. News &
World Report (USA) - Drunk Driving Not the Only Way Alcohol Leads
to Teen Deaths: Study
Less than
one-third of the 4,700 annual underage drinking-related deaths in the
United States result from road crashes, according to a new study.
Science Daily -
Parents Can Help Their Children Avoid Alcohol Pitfalls During
Transition from High School to College
Prior research has
shown that the transition from high school to college is a
particularly vulnerable time, associated with increased alcohol use
and risk of negative alcohol-related consequences.
Medical Xpress
(Australia) - Australians drink to get drunk but want alcohol
reforms
Australians are
increasingly drinking alcohol to get drunk but just one in five
believe they drink too much.
UPI.com - Taste
of beer, not alcohol, said trigger of urge to drink more
Just the taste of
beer, even without alcohol, causes the release of brain chemicals
that make us want to drink more and become intoxicated, U.S.
scientists say.
New Zealand Herald
(New Zealand) - Alcohol most available in Chch's poorest suburbs
People living in
Christchurch's poorest suburbs have the easiest access to booze and
cause the most alcohol related harm.
KYW Newsradio -
Study: People Consume More Calories When Drinking Alcohol
If you feel like
you’re eating more when you drink alcohol, you’re probably right.
According to a study by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and
Alcoholism, people consume more calories on days they drink than on
days when they don’t imbibe.
Irish Examiner
(Ireland) - Expert: Ireland operates as ‘conveyor belt’ for
alcohol industry
Ireland operates
as a “conveyor belt” for the alcohol industry with 60,000
children starting to drink every single year, an Oireachtas committee
has heard.
aidsmap (EU) -
Liver disease a major cause of illness and death across the EU:
action needed to save lives
Liver disease is
the cause of a considerable burden of illness across the European
Union (EU), investigators report in The Journal of Hepatology. The
authors calculate that 170,000 deaths each year are attributable to
liver cirrhosis, with 47,000 of these caused by liver cancer. The
main causes of liver disease were excess alcohol consumption, viral
infections and obesity, all of which are “amenable to prevention
and treatment”.
Irish Independent
(Ireland) - Doctors warn alcohol sponsorship of sports 'grooming'
child drinkers
DOCTORS today
demanded a ban on alcohol sponsorship of sporting events warning the
drinks industry is “grooming” child drinkers.
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