Telegraph.co.uk (Scotland) - Scottish
alcohol sales increase to equivalent of 41 bottles of vodka per adult
SNP ministers have
attempted to bolster their fragile legal case for introducing alcohol
minimum pricing by pointing to new figures showing Scottish sales
increased last year to the equivalent of 41 bottles of vodka per
adult.
Times of India
(India) - Alcohol kills an Indian every 96 minutes
As the debate over
an alcohol bans grows across India, 15 people die every day - or one
every 96 minutes - from the effects of drinking alcohol, reveals an
IndiaSpend analysis of 2013 National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB)
data, the latest available.
The Guardian
(India) - Why Tamil Nadu’s women want alcohol banned
Women in India
have forced prohibition on to the political agenda as they blame
alcohol sales for a big rise in domestic violence and rape in the
region.
Fox News (USA) -
Wrist-band device for alcohol monitoring wins U.S. Prize
A San
Francisco-based company has won a U.S. government-sponsored
competition with an alcohol monitoring devices that can be worn on
the wrist, the latest milestone in the development of wearable
technologies that monitor and diagnose medical conditions.
Science Daily -
Alcohol exposure during adolescence leads to chronic stress
vulnerability
Drinking during
early to mid-adolescence can lead to vulnerability to chronic stress,
according to new research from Binghamton University, State
University of New York.
STV News
(Scotland) - Justice minister: Alcohol ban to stay after cup final
violence
Justice secretary
Michael Matheson has said events at the Scottish Cup final on
Saturday "underline" the need to to keep the ban on alcohol
at football grounds.
Washington Times -
Fraternity members immune to alcohol intervention: Report
College students
who join fraternities or sororities have statistically showed no sign
of cutting down alcohol consumption despite interventions, according
to a new analysis published by the American Psychological
Association.
BBC News (Finland)
- Finland to free up strict drinking laws
Finland's
centre-right government has agreed to free up the country's
notoriously strict rules on the sale and advertising of alcohol,
including the right to buy a round of drinks in most establishments.
The Baltic Course
(Estonia) - Alcohol consumption per resident declined by 7% in
Estonia in 2015
In Estonia, 13.8
liters of absolute alcohol was consumed per adult resident in 2015,
7% less than in the year before, the annual overview of the Estonian
Institute of Economic Research shows, cites LETA.
Detroit Free Press
(USA) - Study: 4 things could cut U.S. cancer deaths in half
Roughly half of
cancer deaths in the U.S. could be prevented or forestalled if all
Americans quit smoking, cut back on drinking, maintained a healthful
weight and got at least 150 minutes of exercise each week.
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Daily Mail
(Australia) - No smoking, limited alcohol, a healthy weight and
regular exercise: Golden rules to a cancer-free life revealed – as
it emerges up to a third of cases are preventable
A third of all
cancers can be prevented by simple lifestyle choices, experts have
warned. Giving up smoking, cutting down on alcohol and exercising are
among factors which contribute to the disease according to doctors
eager to debunk the myth that 'everything causes cancer'.
The Moscow Times
(Russia) - Russians Significantly Cut Back on Booze — Drug
Treatment Center
Over the past five
years, Russians' alcohol consumption has dropped by almost a third,
the Health Ministry's top drug specialist Yevgeny Bryun told the
M24.ru news website.
PanAmPost (Brazil)
- Brazil Partners with WHO to Track Tobacco, Alcohol Industries
“It will also
serve as a model to monitor the actions of other industries, such as
processed food, alcoholic and soft drinks, considering that there are
undeniable similarities between the strategies used by all these
companies in order to undermine public policies,” the Observatory’s
website said.
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