Irish Examiner (Ireland) - Public
Health chief says alcohol laws should limit licenced premises
The Director of
Public Health for the south of Ireland has said future alcohol laws
should look to restrict the number of new licenced premises in
problem drinking areas.
Metro (UK) - Over
24,000,000 Brits ‘self-medicate with alcohol and drugs to cope with
life’
Nearly half of
Brits self-medicate by using drugs, alcohol and sex to cope with
mental health symptoms, according to a new study.
ERR News (Estonia)
- Bill lowering alcohol excise duty submitted to Riigikogu
Chairman of the
Conservative People's Party of Estonia (EKRE) parliamentary group
Siim Pohlak submitted a bill on behalf of the ruling three-party
coalition to the Riigikogu on Monday that would lower the excise duty
on strong alcohol, beer and cider in Estonia by 25 percent as of July
1.
ERR News (Latvia)
- Latvia planning tit-for-tat alcohol excise cut
Following Monday's
announcement that a bill to reduce excise duty on alcoholic drinks
was to be put to the Riigikogu, Latvia has followed suit in
announcing its own proposed excise duty cuts.
ERR News (Finland)
- Finland to follow suit in responding to planned Estonian excise
cuts
The Finnish
Grocery Trade Association and alcohol producers said that Estonia's
plan to lower the excise duties on beer, cider and spirits,
ostensibly to curb cross-border trade between it and Latvia, requires
an immediate response.
NordAN
(Estonia/Latvia/Finland) - NordAN urge governments to cooperate on
alcohol policy
The situation
around cross-border trade in the Nordic and Baltic region is creating
worrying developments which caused NordAN to send an open letter to
the ministers and party leaders of Finland, Estonia and Latvia, as
well as to the media in the region.
Occupational
Health and Safety (Canada) - Health Canada Restricts Alcohol
Content of Flavored Purified Beverages
Flavored purified
alcoholic beverages are a new and growing class of beverages in
Canada that pose an increasing public health risk, especially to
younger Canadians, Health Canada reports.
The Scotsman
(Scotland) - No amount of alcohol safe to consume during
pregnancy, say Scots scientists
A team of
researchers including experts from the University of Aberdeen, have
taken a major step forward in understanding how expectant mothers’
consumption of alcohol affects foetal brain development.
FRANCE 24 (Norway)
- Norwegian pension fund ditches alcohol, gambling and pornography
The largest
pension fund in Norway announced Tuesday it was blacklisting
companies profiting from alcohol, gambling and pornography, and said
it was divesting shares in well-known companies like Carlsberg and
William Hill.
Truth Daily Mirror
- Intake Of Strong Alcohol Results In Regressing Brain Growth
A study was
published on April 1, 2019, in the journal eNeuro which suggested
that heavy intake of alcohol reduces the brain growth rate by 0.25 ml
every year. In layman language, four beers per day is responsible for
such impairment of brain growth.
Helsinki Times
(Finland) - THL: Finland has avoided dreaded effects of new
alcohol act, so far
NO MAJOR CHANGES
have been observed in alcohol consumption following the adoption of a
new alcohol act in Finland in April 2018.
The Shout
(Australia) - Australian alcohol consumption continues downward
trend
The latest
findings from Roy Morgan’s Alcohol Consumption Currency Report
March 2019, has shown a decline in the percentage of the Australian
population aged 18 and over who consume at least one type of
alcoholic drink in an average four week period.
CapeTown ETC
(South Africa) - Cape considers increasing cost of alcohol to curb
drinking
With one of the
world’s highest alcohol consumption levels, South Africa rivals
countries around the world known for their drinking. This has
prompted the Western Cape Government into considering new ways to
curb binge drinking, including introducing a minimum unit price
(MUP).
Brno Daily (Czech)
- Czech Government To Raise Taxes On Cigarettes, Hard Alcohol, and
Gambling
On Monday, Czech
Finance Minister Alena Schillerová announced on Twitter that: “The
government has just approved a long-awaited Tariff package for
tobacco, hard alcohol, and gambling taxation by the Ministry of
Health and the National Drug Coordinator. It responds to the increase
in their availability as a result of rising living standards in the
Czech Republic.”
Tasmania Examiner
(Australia) - Alcohol and gambling advertising a blight on sport
When it comes to
hitting the nail on the head, Dr Oulmann Zerhouni could have a tidy
sideline as a carpenter.
Medscape - A&E
Perspective: Calling Time on Alcohol-Related Harms
Prior to the
on-going concerns regarding large tax bills due to the incredibly
complex arrangements around NHS pensions and tapered annual
allowances, I regularly did extra shifts at a major trauma centre
(MTC), to maintain my skills in the management of major trauma.
NHS England (UK) -
We must ACT on drink-related harm
As part of the NHS
Long Term Plan Prevention Focus Week, the Centre Director for Public
Health England North East looks at the need to tackle alcohol
dependency: It’s fair to say that alcohol dependency causes a great
deal of ill health.
NordAN - GAPA:
promoting the idea of the Framework Convention on Alcohol Control
The Global Alcohol
Strategy is getting close to its end and next steps and developments
are currently discussed in different settings. Global Alcohol Policy
Alliance (GAPA) is right in the middle of it and we turned to Øystein
Bakke, GAPA´s Secretary to ask more about the situation and global
advocacy work.
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