Medical Xpress - Link between
alcohol outlets and assaults
A study exploring
the established link between off-premise alcohol outlets and the rate
of assaults and injuries in Australia has found that large
bottleshops and liquor chains contribute most substantially to trauma
risk.
New Zealand Herald
(New Zealand) - Alcohol advertising ban considered
A possible ban on
alcohol advertising on Auckland Council buildings and land will
proceed as part of an alcohol harm reduction policy. The governing
body has voted today not to address the issue through a bylaw
process.
BBC News (UK) -
English drink 12 million bottles of wine a week more than
estimated
The amount of
alcohol people in England drink has been underestimated by the
equivalent of 12 million bottles of wine a week, according to new
research.
New Zealand Herald
(New Zealand) - Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder kids 19 times more
likely to cause trouble
Youth with fetal
alcohol spectrum disorder are 19 times more likely to get into
trouble with the law than other people, a district health board says.
IceNews (Finland)
- Alcohol consumption down in Finland
Finns are drinking
less alcohol than before, with total consumption in the country
falling once more, in line with recent trends.
Telegraph.co.uk
(Hungary) - Budapest the cheapest city for alcoholic drinks
Budapest, the
Hungarian capital, is the cheapest destination in Europe to buy
alcoholic drinks, according to new research by the Post Office.
EurActiv (EU) -
Commission set to dump EU alcohol strategy
Vytenis
Andriukaitis, the EU's Health and Food Safety Commissioner, said that
the executive has no intention of submitting a new strategy to reduce
alcohol-related harm in Europe, suggesting that the issue will be
tackled as part of a broad range of "risk factors"
affecting chronic diseases.
IBNLive - Formula
One faces call to end alcohol sponsorship
Formula One was
accused of sending out a mixed message on alcohol at the Monaco Grand
Prix on Friday by giving extensive publicity to drinks brands while
campaigning for road safety.
GlobalPost
(Indonesia) - Indonesia might ban alcohol entirely
At a bar in the
Indonesian capital, Christine, Hassan and Dilta look at each other
and burst into laugher. “No, they wouldn’t do that,” they
agree. The three of them are drinking Bintang, the ubiquitous local
beer that is to some a national icon.
BizNews (South
Africa) - SA set to raise alcohol drinking age limit to 21
South Africa may
raise its drinking age and hold beverage companies liable for
unlicensed trade in their products, a step to reduce the cost and
impact of alcohol abuse.
CBS Local (USA) -
Study: Breath Alcohol Ignition Interlocks Effectively Cut Drunk
Driving
The Michigan
Supreme Court says a new study finds that requiring repeat drunken
drivers to use ignition interlocks testing their breath for alcohol
is effective in getting them to stay straight.
CBS News -
Moderate drinking might harm older people's hearts
"Moderate"
drinking might harm your heart if you're a senior citizen, a new
study suggests. And women appear to be at greater risk for
alcohol-related heart damage than men, the researchers found.
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