WHO Europe - In Europe, people
continue to consume more alcohol than in any other place in the world
A recent WHO
report shows that rates of harmful alcohol consumption in Europe have
not dropped as expected, even though all countries have signed the
European Action Plan to Reduce the Harmful Use of Alcohol 2012–2020.
The Lancet -
Implementing the European Action Plan on Alcohol
8 years after the
adoption of the WHO European Action Plan on Alcohol (EAPA), the
region has the highest prevalence of drinkers, heavy episodic
drinking, alcohol consumption per capita, and the lowest proportion
of abstainers, compared with other WHO region.
Healthline (USA) -
Rising Number of E-Scooter Accidents Tied to Alcohol
Electric scooters
— or e-scooters as they’re often called — have skyrocketed in
popularity over the past couple of years.
Voice of America
(USA) - Stressed-Out American Students Turn to Alcohol
Fifty-seven
percent of full-time American college students had a drink in the
last month, and about 38% of those students were binge drinking,
according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
What influences such heavy drinking on campuses? Sahar Majid has more
in this report narrated by JimBertel.
Alaskajournal.com
(USA) - Proposed regs on tasting rooms tighten tensions in alcohol
industry
A new set of
proposed regulations has split the state’s alcohol industry:
breweries, wineries and distilleries that make it versus bars, hotels
and restaurants that serve it.
The Scotsman (UK)
- Most middle-aged drinkers not cutting back on alcohol, says new
research
Fewer than half of
middle-aged drinkers have tried to cut back on their alcohol intake,
according to new research.
BBC News -
Conversation boosts honesty over drinking in pregnancy, study
finds
A "conversational
approach" is the most successful way of encouraging honest
disclosure of drinking habits by pregnant women, a new study says.
CBC.ca (Canada) -
Family doctors key to spotting alcohol abuse, researchers say
More than one
million Canadians suffer from alcohol use disorder in any given year.
But most never get the professional help they need, according to
researchers at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in
Toronto.
Toronto Star
(Canada) - How many calories in a drink? Researchers say alcohol
labels should spell it out
A study suggests
the average Canadian drinker receives more than one-tenth of their
daily recommended calories from alcoholic beverages, but you wouldn’t
know it from looking at the label.
IEG Policy
(Ireland) - Ireland notifies EU of regulation to ban alcohol
promotions
The Irish
government wants to ban the use of bonus or loyalty card points which
would allow people to buy alcoholic drinks at a reduced price or free
of charge.
Personnel Today -
A third ‘pressured’ to drink more alcohol at work social
events
Co-workers are
more influential than family members or partners when it comes to
encouraging staff to have more alcohol than they had intended,
research has indicated.
bnn-news.com
(Estonia) - Poll: Estonians losing interest in buying alcohol in
Latvia
The interest of
Estonians in buying alcohol in neighbouring Latvia has decreased, as
showed by the latest poll by Kantar Emor pollster, following the
decisions of both Estonia and Latvia to cut their excise tax rates on
alcohol.
Majorca Daily
Bulletin (Balearic Islands) - Alcohol addiction affects 60,000
people
A study by alcohol
and drug dependency charity Projecte Home reveals that almost 60,000
people in the Balearics are in effect addicted to alcohol. The
consumption by 58,000 of the population is "problematic and
intensive", as they are hooked on a legal substance which is
tolerated and accepted by society.
The Good Men
Project - How We Became the Heaviest Drinkers in a Century
Beyond the health
risks and potential harm from drink-fuelled crime, there’s the more
insidious aspect of Peak Booze: the mental baggage it has left us
with.
NHS Borders -
Alcohol and Pregnancy Don't Mix
Borders Alcohol
and Drugs Partnership (ADP) are aiming to help Borderers understand
that alcohol and pregnancy don’t mix as part of promoting
International Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Awareness Day
on 9 September.
ADF (Australia) -
Alcohol and breast cancer: Australians need to know
One in five breast
cancers are linked to alcohol consumption. However, only 19% of
Australians, according to research conducted by the Cancer Council of
Victoria’s Centre for Behavioural Research, were aware of the link
between alcohol consumption and breast cancer – and this link is
significant.
Spirit.fm (UK) -
Revealed: Impact of cancers linked to drinking in West Sussex
The number of
alcohol-related cancers diagnosed has risen in West Sussex, new data
reveals.
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