CBS Minnesota
(USA) - Dry January: Americans Ringing In 2021 By Giving Up Alcohol For The
Month
The start of a new year brings new resolutions for many of us, and each
year, more people are choosing to go alcohol-free for a month.
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Irish Examiner
(Ireland) - Alcohol-free aperitifs to make Dry January more exciting
What to drink when you’re not drinking? It’s a question we’ve been asking
ourselves since time immemorial. At least it feels that way when you want to
cut down on your booze intake – but can’t face another glass of fizzy water,
juice, or herbal tea.
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Cosmopolitan - "Why
I stopped drinking alcohol at the age of 26"
Sober Girl Society's Millie Gooch reflects on why she quit drinking - and
how it's changed her life since.
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CBC (Canada) - Tam
cautions Canadians on their alcohol intake in year-end message
On a day frequently marked by celebrations involving large amounts of
alcohol, Canada's chief public health officer is again asking Canadians to go
easy on the drinking as they turn the page on 2020.
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Morning
Advertiser (UK) - Commons speaker pledges more low and no drinks in
Parliament’s post-Covid bars
Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP has backed efforts to increase the number of
low and no alcohol drinks in the House of Commons bars once the coronavirus
pandemic has subsided.
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Radio Prague (Czech
Republic) - Eurostat: Czech households spend record-high sums on alcohol
Czech households spent a record high sum on alcohol in 2019, over CZK 90
billion, suggest newly released data by the European statistical office,
Eurostat. The share of total consumption expenditure spent on alcoholic
beverages amounted to 3.4 percent, which was one of the highest figures in the
European Union.
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SowetanLIVE
(South Africa) - Alcohol ban lends sanity on the roads
Gauteng experienced a sharp decrease in the number of road accidents and
fatalities following the ban of alcohol sales in the week ahead of New Year's
Eve festivities.
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Blackpool Gazette
(Northern Ireland) - Dry January: thousands admitted to hospital last year
with an alcohol related condition
Alcohol poisoning, liver cancer, heart disease, tremors — alcohol misuse
can cause a myriad of health problems. Exacerbated by the lockdown and the
Christmas period, many of us will be guilty of drinking a bit more than normal
too.
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Aberdeen Evening
Express (Scotland) - Dry January: Is Scotland’s relationship with alcohol
changing – and what’s to be gained from giving it up this month?
Whether it’s a celebration, an evening with friends, or simply the
transition from working day to evening, alcohol is so often the thing that’s
reached for – whatever the occasion.
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Evening Standard
- The effect booze is really having on your mind, body and bank balance
Have you ever stopped to consider the impact alcohol is having on your
health and wellbeing? Nutritionist and weight loss specialist Kim Pearson
discusses the different ways that drinking alcohol could be affecting your
health.
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Iceland Monitor
(Iceland) - Vínbúðin Liquor Stores Report Record Sales
Vínbúðin liquor stores, the sole retail vendor of alcohol in Iceland,
report record sales in 2020, according to Morgunblaðið. There are 51 such
stores operated, 14 of them in the capital area. Sigrún Ósk Sigurðardóttir,
assistant director of Vínbúðin stores, attributes this increase in sales mainly
to the COVID-19 pandemic: much fewer people visited the Duty Free Store at
Keflavík International Airport than in an average year, and bars and
restaurants had limited operating hours, or were forced to close, for much of
the year.
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Reuters (Norway)
- Norway imposes new restrictions to halt third coronavirus wave
Norway will impose fresh restrictions to prevent a resurgence in the spread
of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Erna Solberg said on Sunday, including a
nationwide ban on serving alcohol in restaurants and bars and not inviting
guests home.
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The Lancet - Public
health emergency or opportunity to profit? The two faces of the COVID-19
pandemic
“Never let a good crisis go to waste”.1 The exploitation of disasters by
those in powerful positions is not a modern phenomenon. For centuries,
multinational corporations have demonstrated a remarkable ability to turn the
misfortunes of others into opportunities for lucrative gains.
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Today - How to
let Dry January help you drink less in 2021
If you’re asking why you should face the world without a sip of wine or
beer for a month, there are some compelling health reasons to do it.
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OMNY.fm (South
Africa) - A sobering New Year’s Day for South Africans
Professor Charles Parry, Director of the Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drug
Research Unit at the South African Medical Research Council to continue the
discussion on the drinking crisis in South Africa.
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The University of
Edinburgh - Action urged to ease refugees’ alcohol plight
Crucial policy changes are needed to reduce the alcohol-related harm being
experienced by refugees and asylum seekers across the UK, researchers say.
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