NordAN (Norway) - Blue Cross Norway: Students who don't drink risk being excluded from the community
Young adults between the ages of 18 and 29 feel an increasing pressure to consume alcohol in social contexts. This is according to new data from a survey conducted by Ipsos for Blå Kors (Blue Cross).
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RNZ (New Zealand) - Sale
and Supply of Alcohol Amendment Bill passes third reading
Local communities objecting to alcohol being sold in their neighbourhoods
will have a greater say, as the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Amendment Bill is
set to become law.
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Relevant Magazine (USA)
- Study: Young Adults Are Changing Their Views on Alcohol
A new Gallup poll found that more than half of young adults in the U.S. now
see moderate drinking — consuming one to two drinks a day — as unhealthy.
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National Geographic - Alcohol
is killing more women than ever before
As the gender gap in drinking narrows, alcohol-related complications in
women are rising. From immune system disorders to breast cancer, here’s how
alcohol harms the female body.
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Expats.cz (Czech
Republic) - Changes to austerity package increase tax on alcohol and lower
it on e-cigarettes
The coalition parties in the Czech government have agreed on several
adjustments to the government draft budget recovery package, Prime Minister
Petr Fiala announced following negotiations that went on past midnight last
night.
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Medscape - Risky
Drinking Common in Cancer Survivors
Alcohol consumption, including risky drinking behaviors, is common among
adult cancer survivors, even people currently receiving cancer treatment, new
research shows.
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The New York Times
(USA) - Middle-Aged Adults Are Binge Drinking and Using Marijuana at Record
Levels
Binge drinking among adults aged 35 to 50 occurred at record prevalence in
2022, according to research funded by the National Institutes of Health.
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Health Policy Watch
(USA) - Alcohol and Opioid Addiction Casts Huge Shadow Over US
Two-thirds of US adults say either they or a family member have been
addicted to alcohol or drugs – but the impact of alcohol still substantially
out-paces that of drugs, despite the country’s massive opioid epidemic.
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Newsbook (Malta) - Business
lobby concerned with Malta’s reputation as ‘alcohol and drugs’ destination
The Malta Chamber of Commerce said it is highly concerned about Malta’s
growing international reputation as a destination for tourists seeking
“inexpensive alcohol, legal drug consumption and uninhibited revelry.”
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EurekAlert! (USA) - Heavy
drinking, handgun-carrying linked among rural youth
In the rural United States, an adolescent who drinks heavily has a 43%
greater probability of carrying a handgun in the following year, according to a
study published this month in The Journal of Rural Health.
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AlcoholCampaign
(Denmark) - Majority of Youth: We Experience Less When We Drink Too Much
Over half of 18-24 year-olds state they’ve missed out on events they wished
to attend due to excessive alcohol consumption. This is according to a new
study by the Danish Cancer Society (Kræftens Bekæmpelse) and TrygFonden.
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