Wall Street
Journal - With Moderate Drinking Under Fire, Alcohol Companies Go
on Offensive
Public-health
officials who long said light drinking was good for the heart are now
warning of cancer risks, causing ripples through the alcohol
industry.
SFGate (USA) -
Stanford limits undergrads’ consumption of hard alcohol on
campus
In a move to put
an end to a burgeoning culture of boozing, Stanford University
announced Monday that it is banning consumption of hard alcohol by
undergraduates at campus parties.
iTechPost - 5
Benefits of Alcohol Refuted by World Health Agencies
Health officials
around the world are standing by each other in questioning the
validity of the so-called benefits when you drink aclohol. In the
last decade, the aclohol industry claims they have invested time and
effort to research the benefits of drinking alcohol only to be
refuted by Health and Human Services from the U.S. and the U.K.
Today.
Voice of America
(USA) - US College Students Missing Meals to Drink More Alcohol
Popular culture
often shows alcohol as a big part of the college experience in the
United States. Television programs and movies about American college
life have images of wild parties with young people either drinking
alcohol or holding a drink.
Medical Daily -
How Does Alcohol Affect Your Sleep?
A couple of drinks
after a long hard day of work is just what the doctor ordered, right?
Wrong. Alcohol may help you nod off quicker but can cause a lot of
problems.
New Zealand Herald
(New Zealand) - Ana Apatu: Alcohol-cancer link worrying
While our water
crisis swirls around our community I attend a presentation on alcohol
and its harmful effects by Professor Doug Sellman and Professor
Jennie Connor.
STV News
(Scotland) - Alcohol linked to half of all 999 call-outs, figures
reveal
Alcohol has been
linked to half of all 999 call-outs, with one in three emergency
workers telling a staff survey they have been attacked while trying
to do their job.
The Guardian (UK)
- Half of UK parents allow children to drink alcohol at home, says
survey
Half of parents
with children under the age of 14 allow them to drink alcohol at
home, research by Churchill home insurance has found.
CCTV-America
(Indonesia) - Indonesia considers ban on alcoholic beverages in
the country
Last year,
Indonesia successfully banned the sales of alcoholic beverages in
mini marts. But a new bill being considered in the parliament could
ban alcohol in the entire country, affecting Indonesia’s billion
dollar tourism and hospitality industries.
AllAfrica.com -
Tanzania: Rescuing the Country's Youth From the Grip of Alcohol
Risky behaviors
can occur when youth drink alcohol. The behavior can have both
short-term and long-term impacts, which is why it is important to
change the community's attitude towards alcohol, and stop youth and
underage drinking from becoming the norm.
Irish Examiner
(Ireland) - Drink driving ‘creeping up’ as alcohol involved in
third of fatal collisions
The Road Safety
Authority chief executive, Moyagh Murdock, has said there is evidence
that drink driving is “creeping up” again as latest figures show
alcohol was involved in a third of fatal collisions.
Bangkok Post
(Japan) - Alcohol to be exempt from liquor tax for tourists in
Japan
The Japan Tourism
Agency plans to exempt domestically produced alcoholic drinks such as
sake from the liquor tax for foreign tourists as part of efforts to
boost regional economies, agency officials said on Saturday.
Financial Times
(Spain) - Spain calls time on alcohol-fuelled stag parties
That, in essence,
is the message being sent by the coastal town in southern Spain as it
battles to rein in the alcohol-fuelled excesses of pre-wedding stag
trips, bachelor parties and hen weekends.
Spectator.co.uk -
Alcohol after exercise ‘disrupts your body’s efforts to
recover’
Drinking a few
beers after exercise may be highly satisfying but, according to a new
study, it also appears to disrupt the body’s recovery process.
Daily Mail (UK) -
Drinking-limit health warnings are watered down
New health
guidelines will clarify that adults are safe to drink alcohol - as
long as it's in moderation.
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