The Guardian
(Australia) - Parents warned against allowing teens to drink as study
reveals underage alcohol use in Australia
More than a quarter of Australians aged 16 and 17 are allowed to drink at
home, a study shows, with researchers warning parents against supervised
consumption.
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The Age
(Australia) - Government failing to tackle ‘risky’ alcohol deliveries, say
health groups
Health and family violence groups have accused the Andrews government of
failing to crack down on alcohol delivery services supplying drink to children
and intoxicated people.
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News Medical - High
alcohol consumption increases risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection, finds US student
study
A new study published on the preprint server medRxiv* finds that heavy
alcohol drinking is associated with an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases
among students on an American college campus as defined by seroprevalence and
self-reported infections.
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Pharmaceutical
Technology - Drinking alcohol raises risk of oesophageal and other cancers
Oesophageal cancer is the sixth most common cause of cancer deaths
worldwide. Despite advances in the treatment of oesophageal cancer, only 10–15%
of patients survive at least five years after diagnosis.
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South China
Morning Post (China) - Alibaba rape allegation exposes China’s alcohol
problem: high rates of assault, workers pressured to binge drink, accidents and
cancer
This week a female employee of Chinese tech giant Alibaba accused a manager
of raping her while she was inebriated after a night of forced drinking while
entertaining clients earlier this year in July.
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EWN (South
Africa) - SAAPA SA WANTS MORATORIUM ON LICENCES ALLOWING ALCOHOL SALES AT
PETROL STATIONS
The Southern African Alcohol Policy Alliance (Saapa SA) is calling on
provincial liquor authorities to implement an immediate moratorium on awarding
licences to allow alcohol to be sold at petrol stations.
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The Local (Spain)
- Spain has second highest rate of daily alcohol drinkers in EU
More than one in ten Spaniards drink alcohol every day, making them the
Europeans who drink most regularly after the Portuguese, new Eurostat data
reveals.
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Food and Wine
Magazine - FAA Wants Airport Bars to Stop Selling Alcohol to Go
Last week, the administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration wrote a
letter to the leaders of airports throughout the United States, asking them to
stop allowing airport bars to serve alcoholic beverages to go, in an attempt to
prevent passengers from becoming unruly, noncompliant, or straight-up violent
after they board a plane.
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Gazette Live (UK)
- 870,000 female drivers admit to driving under the influence of alcohol in
the last year
Nearly five per cent of women drivers have reported being at the wheel
while over the legal alcohol limit at least once in the past year, a study by
the Office for National Statistics has found.
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Simple Flying - A
Glass And A Half Of Problems: Alcohol On Airlines
As any regular flyer will tell you, alcohol and planes don’t mix that well.
A burst of publicity about alcohol-fuelled problems during flights has recently
brought that to the fore. But for most full-service airlines, alcohol remains
central to the inflight offering and always has been.
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University of
Sydney (Australia) - Anxiety and alcohol program reaches youth via social media
New program reduces anxiety and problem drinking by reaching youth
via digital media - where they spend much of their time.
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CODA - The healthcare ethics of alcohol related harm and
driving change
Diana Egerton-Warburton talks about how to be a hero by championing
healthcare ethics of alcohol related harm and driving change through stories
and data.
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Irish Times (France) - Sobering report finds a third of
French adults have a drink problem
A study published this summer on the damage wreaked by alcohol consumption
in France makes for sobering reading. If one discounts the Covid-19 pandemic,
alcohol is the leading cause of hospitalisation in the country and accounts for
41,000 deaths annually. Only tobacco kills more people.
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