BBC News
(Scotland) - Alcohol consumption in Scotland falling
Alcohol
consumption in Scotland has fallen by the equivalent of 38 million
pints of beer a year since 2009.
BBC News (UK) -
Minimum alcohol price law 'could save £900m'
Setting a minimum
alcohol price of 50p per unit could save Wales nearly £900m over 20
years by cutting crime and illness, a report has claimed.
BBC News - Foetal
alcohol syndrome case dismissed by Court of Appeal
A child born with
foetal alcohol syndrome is not legally entitled to compensation after
her mother drank excessively while pregnant, the Court of Appeal has
ruled.
New Era - ‘How
alcohol abuse led me to getting HIV/AIDS’
When sober, Paul
Witbooi would not be able to talk to women. But a sip of alcohol
would give him courage to propose to women. Witbooi’s predicament
was so known among his community that people started calling him an
“old virgin”. He found solace in alcohol, which he however abused
to get involved with women.
MorningAdvertiser.co.uk
(Wales) - Welsh Government to push ahead with alcohol minimum
pricing policy
The Welsh
Government has indicated it will push ahead with alcohol minimum unit
pricing (MUP) policy following the publication of a report which
showed it could save healthcare services £131m over 20 years.
BBC News
(Scotland) - Scotland cuts drink-drive alcohol limit
A new law has come
into force which makes the legal drink-drive limit in Scotland lower
than elsewhere in the UK.
BBC News (Nothern
Ireland) - Alcohol: Jim Wells plans to bring in minimum pricing
per unit
Health Minister
Jim Wells has said he plans to introduce minimum pricing per unit of
alcohol in Northern Ireland.
Cancer Research UK
(UK) - Boozy young Brits will drink nearly 4,000 calories in
alcohol on festive season nights out
As the nation
gears up for the festive season it’s not just the goose that’s
getting fat, the waistbands of the nation could be expanding too, in
particular among 18-34 year olds. New figures* released today by
Cancer Research UK’s Dryathlon® indicate that the average young
British adult will consume an estimated 3,700** calories in alcohol
alone on evenings out and parties throughout the upcoming Christmas
season.
Expatica Belguim
(Belgium) - Alcohol abuse up among youngsters
Alcohol
consumption levels among youngsters aged between 15 and 24 are
"alarmingly high" according to the latest health poll
conducted by the Scientific Institute for Public Health (WIV), De
Standaard reports.
Irish Independent
(Ireland) - Around 500 cancer deaths a year caused by alcohol
AROUND 500 of the
900 people who are diagnosed with alcohol-related cancers annually
will die of the disease, it emerged yesterday.
pitpass.com -
Eurocare continues F1 alcohol sponsorship attack
European group
seeking ban on alcohol sponsorship in F1 continues its attack despite
FIA's attempt to distance itself.
Health24 (South
Africa) - Alcohol and drugs are the main causes of partner abuse
in SA
The latest Peace
Maker Barometer survey, completed on the 9th of November 2014,
reveals that alcohol and drugs are perceived to be the leading cause
of partner abuse in South Africa.
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