RTL (Luxembourg) -
Reactions across the board support alcohol plan's emphasis on
prevention
Three
weeks ago, then-Minister of Health Etienne Schneider announced a
national alcohol action plan, designed to curb excessive drinking.
The
Guardian (UK) - Higher alcohol taxes to fund NHS would benefit
poor – study
Raising
alcohol taxes does not disproportionately affect poorer households,
once the effects of the potential additional funds generated to
plough into the NHS are taken into account, according to a study.
BBC
News (Wales) - Welsh alcohol minimum pricing awareness campaign
starts
A
campaign is being launched to remind shoppers and retailers of the
start of minimum alcohol pricing in Wales.
Otago
Daily Times (New Zealand) - Alcohol-free rugby league fields
supported by council panel
A
Christchurch City Council hearings panel has backed a call by
Canterbury Rugby League to ban alcohol from their sidelines.
Kyiv
Post (Ukraine) - Ukraine to fight counterfeit alcohol with
electronic excise stamps
Ukraine’s
government will battle the counterfeit alcohol market with a new
technology. On May 1, the Cabinet of Ministers will roll out
electronic excise stamps to push back against trade in counterfeit
spirits, Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk announced late on Feb. 12.
Irish
Medical Times (Ireland) - Global Alcohol Policy Conference heads
to Ireland
GAPC
is a network of not-for-profit organisations and public health
agencies advocating evidence-based alcohol policies.
Delish.com
(USA) - Women Are Looking To Sobriety As An Act Of Activism—And
Not Everyone's Pleased
You've
noticed more and more of your friends abstaining from drinks at the
bar recently, yes? That's because it's becoming way more mainstream
to say no to booze in a social setting. (You've heard those same
friends name "self-care" as a very nebulous reason for
abstaining, right?)
The
Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) - 'Alcohol can cause lifelong
harm to your baby': Regulator approves new warning label
Australian
drinkers will be warned "alcohol can cause lifelong harm to your
baby" under a new mandatory labelling scheme approved by the
regulator, unless state and federal ministers veto the plan.
Metro
- Being the child of an alcoholic means the trauma stays with you
for years
Until
my teenage years, my family lived a fairly ‘normal’ life. My
mother and father, both in good jobs, had four children – I was the
oldest.
fox13now.com
(USA) - Some people could be blocked from purchasing alcohol in
Utah
Some
people could be blocked from purchasing alcohol at state-run liquor
stores in Utah under a bill introduced in the state legislature.
BU
School of Public Health (USA) - State Alcohol Laws Focus on Drunk
Driving—They Could Do Much More
US
state laws to reduce impaired driving have substantially increased in
number and strength over the last 20 years, but laws to reduce
excessive drinking remained unchanged, according to a new School of
Public Health study.
Russia
Business Today (Russia) - Russians Now Drink Less, Live Longer:
WHO
The
life expectancy of Russian citizens has improved thanks to reducing
alcohol consumption, a World Health Organization (WHO) report has
indicated.
docwire
- Smoking and Drinking Appear to Impact Survival for Oral Cancer
Patients
with oral cancer who smoke and drank had higher all‐cause mortality
and oral cancer‐specific mortality compared with patients with oral
cancer who did not drink or smoke, according to a study published in
Head & Neck.
Nature.com
- Skipping alcohol is good for a heart that skips beats
Swearing
off alcohol in the new year can be a way to recover from holiday
indulgence. But for people who suffer from a common and risky type of
heart problem, giving up booze might be a life-saving resolution.
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