Washington Post - Millennials have
sparked a sober revolution, and alcohol brands are starting to notice
It’s everywhere
you look these days: #SoberCurious, #SoberIsSexy, #SoberLife and
#SoberSaturday. There are sober nightclubs, sober early-morning dance
parties, Instagram influencers who anchor their online identities
with an eschewal of alcohol.
The BMJ - Alcohol
complicates multimorbidity in older adults
Lower birth rates
and higher life expectancy are transforming global population age
profiles, such that the prevalence of long term health conditions in
the general population is rising steeply, with more people living
with multimorbidity as they age.
NEWS.com.au
(Australia) - Alcohol retail giant BWS accused of Dry July charity
stunt
Alcohol retailer
BWS has been criticised by health groups for sponsoring the sobriety
challenge Dry July, accused of hijacking a good cause with an “empty,
manipulative stunt”.
www.computing.co.uk
- It's time we stopped basing tech events around alcohol
The partnership
between journalism and alcohol is as old as the pubs on Fleet Street,
and the tech press has been a keen participant in the tradition. But
it's 2019, and way past time we stopped making alcohol the linchpin
of our events.
Happy Mag
(Australia) - Australian-first study names alcohol the most
harmful drug to society
According to a
recent Australian study, alcohol causes the most overall harm to the
Australian community.
The Hindu
BusinessLine - Just one glass of wine may impair sense of control:
Study
Drinking only one
pint of beer or a large glass of wine is enough to significantly
compromise a person’s sense of agency -- the feeling of being in
control of actions, according to a study.
durhamradionews.com
(Canada) - Stay safe around drugs and alcohol at summer festivals:
Health Canada
With a lot of
festivals and events planned for the summer, Health Canada wants you
to be safe if you’re using substances like cannabis, other drugs or
alcohol.
leta.lv (Latvia) -
Saeima committee okays reducing excise tax on strong alcohol until
end of February 2020
The Saeima Budget
and Finance (Taxation) Committee today approved for the final reading
the bill cutting the rate of excise tax on alcohol to 15 percent
until February 29, 2020.
Scoop.co.nz (New
Zealand) - Council adopts Kilbirnie alcohol ban
Wellington City
Councillors have adopted a plan to implement an alcohol ban in
Kilbirnie following a review and public consultation – effective
immediately.
Independent.ie
(Ireland) - Scots' success paves way for alcohol price controls
Ireland will move
quickly to implement a minimum price below which alcoholic drink
cannot be sold, the Taoiseach has said.
Medical Xpress -
Neuroscience research questions current alcohol limit
New research by
neuroscientists from the University of Sussex shows that drinking
only one pint of beer or a large glass of wine is enough to
significantly compromise a person's sense of agency.
Stars and Stripes
(Japan) - Japan outlaws flying drone aircraft while under the
influence of alcohol
It will soon be
illegal to fly drones while under the influence of alcohol in Japan,
something that was already prohibited on U.S. military facilities,
according to American and Japanese officials.
Noted - How
'wine mum' culture is harmful to both mothers and children
Attitudes to daily
drinking are changing as more evidence emerges that the ideal level
of consumption is probably none at all.
ERR News (Estonia)
- Ratas: Excise duty debate across Baltic states, Finland would
make sense
After Latvian
Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš called for a pan-Baltic approach
to alcohol excise policy, Prime Minister Jüri Ratas (Centre) said on
Thursday that Finland should be included in the discussion as well.
BBC News (UK) -
Eurostar backtracks on train booze ban
Eurostar has
updated its policy on how much alcohol passengers can carry,
following a backlash on social media.
South China
Morning Post (Hong Kong) - Hong Kong to ban under-18s buying
alcohol in shops
Hong Kong
youngsters will no longer be allowed to buy alcohol from shops when a
new law kicks in on the last day of this month.
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