Telegraph.co.uk - Working more than
48 hours a week increases risk of alcohol abuse
Finnish
researchers found that longer working hours increased the likelihood
of higher alcohol use by 11 per cent.
Science 2.0 (USA)
- 50 Percent Of Fatal Crashes With Young Victims Involved Pot Or
Alcohol – Study
US states as
different as California, West Virginia and Hawaii share one thing in
common - half of automobile fatalities involving young drivers, ages
16 to 25 years, involved pot or alcohol. And those results were from
years before the cultural push to make marijuana legal.
New York Post -
Are celebrities promoting drugs and alcohol on Instagram?
Addiction-treatment.com,
a website for those looking to help themselves or a friend recover
from substance addiction, took a long look at the most influential
celebrities on Instagram to dissect how often they are photographed
with drugs and/or alcohol — and the results are quite surprising.
Medscape - Fetal
Alcohol Exposure Often Mistaken as Behavioral Issues
Children referred
to a specialist because of behavioral problems may have undiagnosed
fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), suggest results of a new
study.
Medical Xpress
(Australia) - Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder cases in WA doubles
The number of
recorded cases of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) in Western
Australia has doubled in the past 30 years, demonstrating improved
awareness and diagnosis of the disorder within the community.
The Conversation
AU - Should scientists work with industry on alcohol policy?
It’s undeniable
that there’s an irreconcilable conflict of interest in the alcohol
industry being involved in developing health policy. And by
participating in meetings involving industry representatives,
scientists risk giving credibility to a fundamentally flawed process
that’s unlikely to produce sound policy.
Medical Daily -
Adolescent Alcohol Use: Parents' Attitude Toward Alcohol Often
Predicts If Their Children Will Drink
A parent’s
attitudes and habits more often than not influence their child’s
attitudes and habits. For parents looking to protect their children
against the adverse effects of alcohol use during childhood, a lax
attitude toward alcohol use is not the best course of action.
Scoop.co.nz (New
Zealand) - Work set to resume on new Local Alcohol Policy for
Rotorua
Work on developing
a new Local Alcohol Policy (LAP) for Rotorua is about to resume
having been on hold pending the outcome of appeals in other cities.
Cancer Research UK
(UK) - Majority of public unaware of alcohol's link with cancer
More than half of
the British public are unaware of the link between alcohol
consumption and cancer, according to a survey from the Alcohol Health
Alliance UK (AHA).
Telegraph.co.uk
(UK) - Put up drink prices to stop A&E crisis, say doctors
Doctors call for a
50p minimum unit price for alcohol to help tackle a culture of
“excessive alcohol consumption”.
BBC News (Finland)
- Finland: Alcohol prizes banned in pub quizzes
Pub quiz winners
in Finland used to look forward to a few free pints for their
efforts, but new alcohol laws mean that's now a thing of the past,
it's been reported.
EurActiv (EU) -
Holiday season hangovers cost €155.8 billion a year in Europe
Employee hangovers
related to the holiday season are expensive for EU businesses and
societies as a whole. According to a review of the academic
literature done by the Toronto-based Centre for Addiction and Mental
Health (CAMH) on behalf of the Commission, alcohol‐attributable
social costs are estimated at up to €155.8 billion a year in
Europe.
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