CNN - First on
CNN: Facebook and Instagram to restrict content related to alcohol,
tobacco and e-cigarettes
Facebook will
unveil a new policy on Wednesday to restrict sales and limit content
related to alcohol and tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, a
company spokeswoman tells CNN.
Science Daily (UK)
- Half of young drinkers are unaware of health messages on alcohol
packaging
Just half of 11-19
year old drinkers recall seeing health messages or warnings on
alcohol packaging -- despite being an important target market for
this information, according to new research.
Yahoo Lifestyle
(Australia) - Waitress sparks debate after refusing alcohol to a
pregnant woman
A waitress has
sparked a fierce debate online after admitting she secretly served a
woman she thought was pregnant non-alcoholic cocktails.
NEWS.com.au
(Australia) - Powerful medical group wants to introduce minimum
prices for alcohol
A powerful medical
association has called for a minimum price for alcohol to be
introduced to discourage people from binge-drinking cheap booze.
euronews
(Estonia/Latvia) - Money before man? Baltic booze war threatens
Latvia & Estonia with health hangover
An alcohol tax war
has broken out between Baltic neighbours Latvia and Estonia, who are
among the EU’s biggest consumers of alcohol.
Medical Xpress
(Canada) - More ED visits because of alcohol, 175% increase in 25-
to 29-year-olds seeking care
New research shows
dramatically rising visits to emergency departments (ED) related to
alcohol, especially for women, with a 175% increase in
alcohol-related visits from young people aged 25 to 29.
Financial Times -
Why work events are becoming a sober experience
Julia Phillips, a
corporate events organiser, has noticed a change in clients’
requests for their pre-dinner activities: alcohol-free drinks.
British Politics
and Policy at LSE (UK) - Alcohol taxes can improve health outcomes
and stimulate the UK economy
Contrary to
government thinking, higher taxes on alcohol would not be bad for the
economy as a whole: they would bring economic benefits, as well as be
an effective public health measure, writes Aveek Bhattacharya. This
potential ‘double dividend’ is the reason why the next Chancellor
will do well to look again at alcohol duty.
Independent Online
(South Africa) - Concern as parents admit they drink alcohol with
children
While the law
clearly prohibits any alcohol consumption for children under the age
of 18, some parents have admitted to allowing their children to drink
- especially when they are in their presence.
Stars and Stripes
(USA) - Navy SEAL platoon ordered out of Iraq for drinking alcohol
while deployed, report says
A commander
overseeing U.S. special operations troops battling the Islamic State
in Iraq has ordered a SEAL platoon to return to San Diego early after
a “perceived deterioration of good order and discipline,” the
military said late Wednesday.
CMAJ (Canada) -
Addressing rising alcohol-related harms in Canada
New data confirm
that alcohol-related harms are on the rise in Canada. Linked research
shows that, between 2003 and 2016, the rate of alcohol-related
emergency department visits in Ontario increased 4.4 times more than
the increase of visits overall.
The Conversation
AU (Australia) - All-night public transport hasn’t reduced
alcohol-related harm in Melbourne
The Victorian
government introduced 24-hour public transport on Friday and Saturday
nights in Melbourne from January 1 2016. Services mostly run every
hour from 1am to 5am on all metropolitan lines with some additional
tram and bus services.
Nursing Times (UK)
- Nurse leaders call for more government action on alcohol 'harm'
Nursing and other
healthcare leaders have jointly called on the government to
prioritise producing a new alcohol strategy to tackle the “escalating
risk” they warn it has on public health.
The Times (UK) -
Ban alcohol sales at family events, say health boards
Health officials
have called for alcohol to be banned from sale at family events over
concerns that children are being exposed to harmful drinking.
NordAN.org
(Denmark) - Danish report: age limit for alcohol sales must be
raised to 18 years
The Council on
Health and Disease Prevention in Denmark published a new report on
youth drinking to summarise knowledge about the reasons why youth
consume as much alcohol as they do, and to describe how a high and
problematic alcohol consumption may be prevented among children and
adolescents.
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