The New York Times (USA) - New York
Bans Alcohol Ads on Most City Property
Citing the health
risk to young people and vulnerable populations, the city announced
the ban that could lead to a loss of $3 million in yearly advertising
fees.
EL PAÍS in
English (Spain) - Cellphones and alcohol: a recipe for sexual
harassment in Spain
It’s Saturday
night in Madrid, and the area around Atocha station is buzzing with
young people walking into or out of nearby nightclubs. Some of them
are holding a can of beer, others a cigarette. Everyone has a
cellphone in their hand.
The Wire (India) -
How Alcohol and Tobacco Cause Poverty
The district of
Gadchiroli has 1.2 million people, spread across 1,500 villages and
three towns. A district sample survey we carried out in the years
2015 and 2016 showed that 41% of men had consumed alcohol in the past
12 months, spending a total of Rs 80 crore.
Body and Soul -
The truth about how alcohol affects your body as you get older
There’s no
denying Australians love a drink. But there’s only so much we can
handle before our bodies start to suffer. A 2016 National Drug
Strategy Household Survey found men in their 40s and women in their
50s are the most likely to drink at a problematic level.
Quinte News
(Canada) - Alcohol related injuries locally top Ontario stats
Hastings Prince
Edward Medical Officer of Health has concerns regarding the Ontario
government’s move toward increased availability of alcohol.
Medical Xpress -
Alcohol ads in sport fuel drinking culture
Repeated exposure
to alcohol advertising in sport—either at venues or during media
coverage of matches—can have long-term effects on drinking
attitudes, according to a new international study.
HalifaxToday.ca
(Canada) - Stricter alcohol regulations would protect public
health, psychologist says
The Atlantic
provinces have some of the least strict enforcements surrounding
alcohol, says Kara Thomson, an assistant professor in the Department
of Psychology at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish.
NY1 (USA) - The
New Buzz is No Booze. Two City Bars Go Alcohol-Free.
The vibe at Listen
Bar is typical of the city's bar scene. The lighting is mellow, the
music is moving, and the drinks are flowing.
The Costa Rica
News (Costa Rica) - Excessive Consumption of Alcohol by Youth at
“Megafiestas” Is Alarming
Authorities of the
Institute on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (IAFA), alert the
families of the Region for the excessive consumption of alcohol by
young people in the so-called “mega-parties”, parties in big
houses and villages, among others.
The BMJ (UK) -
PHE’s partnerships with gambling and alcohol industry-funded
charities: time to put the cards on the table
Social
determinants of health (such as income, social status, educational
level, and physical or social environments) are firmly in the
mainstream of health policy, exemplified by their inclusion in the
government’s “Prevention is better than cure” policy paper.
The Local
Switzerland (Switzerland) - Switzerland scraps blood alcohol
limits for rubber boat captains
The changes have
been made because it is “too difficult” to test the blood alcohol
limit of people operating these types of vessels and because these
non-motorized craft pose only a minimal risk, the government said in
a statement.
Newcastle Herald
(Australia) - CSIRO can't justify pro-alcohol research
Shocking
revelations that Australia's publicly-funded scientific institution,
the CSIRO, is in bed with the alcohol industry have been made in the
prestigious British medical journal, The Lancet, by former CSIRO
scientist, Dr Saul Newman.
Daily Mail (USA) -
Rise in US pregnant women drinking alcohol: 1 in 9 occasionally
drink and 4% binge-drink, CDC report says
The rate of women
are drinking alcohol while pregnant has gone up in the United States,
new data show.
Medical Xpress -
No safe amount of alcohol during pregnancy, suggest researchers
An international
group of researchers has taken one of the first major steps in
finding the biological changes in the brain that drive fetal alcohol
spectrum disorder (FASD).
Longevity LIVE -
The World Has A Drinking Problem Says WHO
The WHO (World
Health Organization) says 283 million individuals are currently
battling alcohol-use disorders and over 3 million people have died of
alcohol-related diseases each year. Its annual global status report
provides a general review of alcohol consumption and harms in
relation to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (1). The report also
describes what the world’s nations are doing to counter the growing
burden of drinking-related diseases and deaths.
CTV News - Fetal
alcohol spectrum disorder more prevalent in certain groups: study
Fetal alcohol
spectrum disorder is more prevalent among some vulnerable
populations, including orphans, inmates and Indigenous groups,
according to a new Canadian-led study. The findings also reinforce
the message that there is “no safe amount” of alcohol a pregnant
woman can drink, researchers say.
Health Scotland
(Scotland) - Minimum Unit Pricing for alcohol: one year on
Today marks the
first anniversary of Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) legislation coming
into force in Scotland. Alcohol harm is a significant public health
issue, and people in our poorest areas experience the most harm.
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