Fortune - Liquor Makers Are Now
Marketing Alcohol Brands as “Experiences”
A few years ago,
alcohol-beverage giant Diageo realized it had a problem. When
Fireball-loving millennials wanted to take a shot, they weren't
downing the company's Captain Morgan rum.
CBC.ca (Canada) -
Alcohol responsible for more hospital admissions than heart
attacks last year: report
There were more
hospital admissions in Canada last year for alcohol-related
conditions than for heart attacks.
BBC News
(Scotland) - Alcohol-linked deaths '54% higher in Scotland'
An average of 22
people a week died from alcohol-related causes in Scotland in 2015,
figures show.
EURACTIV (EU) -
Alcohol makers brace for EU-wide mandatory labelling
Makers of spirits
and beer are exploring self-regulatory solutions to show consumers
the ingredients contained in the alcohol they drink. However, they
find the Commission’s timeline “too tight” and fear mandatory
rules will eventually be imposed on them.
teleSUR English
(Uruguay) - Uruguay Drafts Bill to Regulate Alcohol Consumption
Uruguay's
President Tabare Vazquez has announced his plans to present a “
total holistic law” to tackle the nation’s rising dependence on
alcoholism.
Scientific
American - Raising Alcohol Taxes Can Curtail Assaults and Suicides
The woman
disappeared. She had been coming to our group therapy sessions for
months, and suddenly she stopped. Other group members told me why:
she had been beaten so badly by her husband that she ended up in the
hospital.
News-Medical.net -
Deficits in attention and executive functioning linked to
frequency of alcohol, drug use
Impairments in
processing and using information that help with decision-making and
planning simple tasks such as grocery shopping are linked with one's
frequency of alcohol or drug use according to a new study.
MuMbrella
(Australia) - Alcohol brands are tactically retreating from sports
sponsorship, and we should celebrate
There has been a
number of interesting moves from alcohol brands in recent months
which indicate the tide could be turning on alcohol's association
with sports. Michael Thorn, chief executive for The Foundation for
Alcohol Research and Education, explores if we are witnessing a
tactical retreat by an alcohol industry that sees the writing on the
wall, or if this is the start of something bigger and even more
significant - a quiet and complete surrender.
Lexology - The
WTO’s “decision” on plain packaging for cigarettes: will
alcohol be next?
Pursuant to the
Tobacco Plain Packaging Act 2011 (“the Act”), tobacco companies
in Australia are required by law to sell their products using a
generic drab dark brown packaging that features large,
aesthetically-confrontational health warnings.
YLE News -
Research: Foetus absorbs mother's alcohol, nicotine intake in just
two hours
Toxic substances
such as nicotine and alcohol from alcoholic drinks can travel quickly
through an expectant mother's placenta to her unborn baby, says a
researcher from the University of Eastern Finland.
Addiction Now -
How are underage drinkers influenced by alcohol ads?
Alcohol is the
most used substance by adolescents in the U.S. People who are between
12 and 20 years old drink 11 percent of all alcoholic beverages
consumed in the country, and a new study found that these underage
drinkers are heavily influenced by marketing and advertising.
Express.co.uk (UK)
- Britons cutting down on drinking as 40% say they are boozing
less than a year ago
A record number of
adults are consciously cutting back on their drinking, according to
new figures.
Four in ten say
they are consuming less alcohol now than they did a year ago,
particularly young men who are shaking off their lager lout image.
Independent.ie
(Ireland) - Young people in Ireland are drinking less alcohol than
their parents and this could be the reason why
Ireland is being
hit by a wave of sobriety. The latest figures from the World Health
Organisation show that our reputation for heavy drinking is now
little more than a quaint historical stereotype.
Helsinki Times
(Finland) - Ruling groups find agreement on alcohol law reform
The Finnish
government will propose that the maximum alcohol content for
beverages sold at grocery shops be raised to 5.5 per cent but also
that the issue be designated as a matter of conscience in the first
reading in the Parliament, thus allowing the members of the ruling
parliamentary groups to exercise their own discretion in voting.
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