The Journal
(Ireland) - The Health Minister will get the power to set the size
of warnings on alcohol productsThe new Public Health
(Alcohol) Bill has been under consideration by the government since
late 2015 but has not yet been enacted. It is a far-reaching bill
with new legislation on aspects such as minimum pricing, advertising
and product labelling.
ERR News (Estonia)
- Chancellor of justice deems alcohol excise duty hikes
unconstitutional
Estonia's
Chancellor of Justice Ülle Madise has judged the accelerated
increases in excise duty rates on light alcoholic beverages to be
unconstitutional as they violate the freedom of enterprise and the
principle of legitimate expectation.
Medical Xpress -
Pilot study finds youth more likely than adults to report seeing
alcohol marketing online
Underage youth are
nearly twice as likely to recall seeing alcohol marketing on the
internet than adults, with almost one in three saying they saw
alcohol-related content in the previous month, according to a new
pilot survey led by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public
Health.
Wales Online
(Wales) - Health experts say Wales needs to reassess its
relationship with alcohol
Wales needs to
reassess its relationship with alcohol before more people die from
excessive drinking, experts have warned.
Ukrainian Hot News
(Ukraine) - “Ukrspirt” decided not to raise prices on alcohol
“Ukrspirt” is
the largest producer of alcohol and alcohol-containing products in
Ukraine. The state enterprise was established on the basis of the
eponymous group in 2010, now consists of 41 plant, and the government
wants to privatize the “Ukrspirt”.
Hindustan Times -
Drinking too much alcohol can prematurely age men’s arteries, up
heart disease risk
Heavy alcohol
drinking habits over the years may prematurely age arteries,
especially in men, putting them at an increased risk for heart
disease, new research has warned.
Financial Times
(Sweden) - A state monopoly has survived porous borders and EU
accession
The monopoly is
under pressure, according to Håkan Leifman, director of CAN, who
also sits on the board of Systembolaget. But this is not new, he says
— the pressure was far greater when Sweden joined the EU in 1995
and was forced to increase the amount of alcohol that Swedes could
bring in from
abroad.
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Financial Times -
Big Tobacco sets stage for alcohol to defend brands
After a century
that gave us quintessential figures such as the Marlboro man, tobacco
advertising is in its final creative throes.
Belfast Telegraph
(Northern Ireland) - 50p alcohol unit price 'would save 63 lives
in Northern Ireland'
More needs to be
done to tackle the problems caused by cheap alcohol in Northern
Ireland, a charity has warned.
Statistics Iceland
(Iceland) - People in Iceland consume alcohol less frequently than
people in the other Nordic
The European
Health Interview Survey (EHIS) suggests that people in Iceland drink
less frequently than people in the other Nordic countries.
News-Medical.net -
Alcohol can cause more damaging effects to women than men
Several research
studies have shown that some women who drink heavily can do as much
damage to their bodies in four to five years as a man who has been
drinking for 20 to 25 years, according to Laura Veach, Ph.D.,
director of screening and counseling intervention services at Wake
Forest Baptist Medical Center.
The Kathmandu Post
(Nepal) - Gov’s stringent policy to regulate alcohol
productsThe government has adopted a stringent policy to
regulate sales of alcohol products that now require mandatory
pictorial health warnings while setting age bar in the sales of such
products.
Daily Mail -
Boozing, weight gain and failing to exercise INCREASES the risk of
breast cancer returning, experts say
A 30 minute stroll
a day can help women who've survived breast cancer try and stop the
killer disease returning, new research suggests.
Scottish Daily
Record (Scotland) - One person dies every three days in North
Lanarkshire due to alcohol
One person dies
every three days in North Lanarkshire due to alcohol, shocking new
statistics show. Figures released by National Records of Scotland
revealed there were 109 alcohol-related deaths in the region in 2015
– the second highest in Scotland.
Science Daily -
Strong alcohol policies protect against drunk driving deaths among
young people
Stronger alcohol
policies protect young people from dying in crashes caused by drunk
driving according to researchers. The study supports the importance
of comprehensive alcohol control policies to reduce the number of
young people who die in alcohol-related crashes.
Brisbane Times
(Australia) - Bottle shops are open for too long, experts say
A reduction in
bottle-shop trading hours and an increase in alcohol tax is needed to
reduce alcohol-fuelled harm, a Queensland public health policy expert
says.
Politics.co.uk
(UK) - “Little convincing evidence" of economic benefits
from alcohol sales
A new report from
the Institute of Alcohol Studies, Splitting the Bill: Alcohol’s
Impact on the UK Economy, argues that the economic benefits of the
alcohol industry are overstated, undermining the economic case for
cutting alcohol duty in next month’s Budget.
Health Canal -
Alcohol leads to more violence than other drugs, but you’d never
know from the headlines
Mainstream media
tend to report more stories about illicit drugs than alcohol. Stories
about illicit drugs are also more negative. The media is more likely
to frame illicit drugs as dangerous, morally corrosive and associated
with violent behaviour, while it frames people who use illicit drugs
as irresponsible and deviant.
