A new study adds to a mounting body of evidence showing that rising alcohol consumption among women is leading to higher rates of death and disease.
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Euractiv - Evidence-based actions to reduce
alcohol harms are crucial now
The European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) calls on the EU
to accelerate public health policies to reduce liver diseases, improve quality
of life, and save significant costs.
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Sky News (Scotland) - MSPs back Scottish
government plans to increase minimum alcohol unit price by 30%
The Scottish government announced its plans for an increase from 50p to 65p
in February, with parliamentary approval received on Wednesday.
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Euractiv (EU) - EU Commission wants to
expand wine producers’ opportunities to enter low-alcohol market
Addressing the Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development,
the European Commission announced that it wants to develop the European legal
framework on organic wines and labelling to give more producers the possibility
to enter the new low-alcohol wine market.
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ANSA (Italy) - 8mn Italians at risk for
alcohol consumption – ISS
In 2022 some eight million Italians drank alcohol in quantities large
enough to put their health at risk, the Higher Health Institute (ISS) said in
the annual report of its alcohol consumption observatory Tuesday.
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The Irish Times (Ireland) - Irish spending
more on alcohol at home than in pubs as consumption drops, report finds
The decline in the number of pubs in the Republic over the almost 20 years
to 2021 has been offset by the increase in the number of off-licences, with the
number of each type of liquor licence reaching equivalence around 2021,
according to the latest overview on alcohol consumption from the Health
Research Board (HRB).
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Reuters (UK) - Britain plans minimum
alcohol price to curb binge drinking
Britain plans to introduce a minimum price for the sale of alcohol in
England and Wales as part of an initiative to curb binge drinking and
anti-social behavior, Home Secretary Theresa May said on Friday.
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The Mail & Guardian (South Africa) - South
Africa has an unhealthy relationship with alcohol
Whether it is consumed at a lekker braai, popping bottles at the club or
drinking at an “after tears” to celebrate the life of a deceased loved one,
alcohol consumption in South Africa has become an embedded culture.
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Alcohol Change Australia (Australia) - No
progress in tackling alcohol harms midway through National Alcohol Strategy
Successive governments have fallen short in addressing the escalating
crisis of alcohol harms in Australia, according to a mid-point review of the
National Alcohol Strategy, released today by Alcohol Change Australia.
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NordAN (Norway) - Actis raises concerns as
conservative majorities in municipalities push for relaxed alcohol policies
Actis reports that several large municipalities with a conservative majority
are currently liberalizing their alcohol policies. It is the newspaper Vårt
Land that has highlighted the licensing wave sweeping across the country.
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NordAN (Sweden) - IOGT-NTO to the
Government: "Do not proceed with the farm sales proposal on April 25"
According to new information provided to Dagen newspaper, the government is
expected to present a proposal to introduce farm sales on April 25. "We
know that a proposal to introduce farm sales would be the end of
Systembolaget's monopoly," says Lucas Nilsson, chairman of IOGT-NTO, who
is strongly critical of the development.
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IAS (Scotland) - Scottish Parliament votes
to continue and uprate Minimum Unit Pricing
The Scottish Parliament voted yesterday to continue Minimum Unit Pricing
beyond its sunset clause, and to increase the rate from 50p to 65p per unit of
alcohol.
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