Europe is the highest alcohol-consuming region in the world. It accounts for 20 per cent of the global market. According to the WHO, an individual consumes an average of 9.2 litres of alcohol per year. So, what is the public harm? Is the alcohol industry selling a narrative of a glass half full?
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Health Policy Watch (Brazil) - Brazil’s
Congress Hikes Taxes on Sugary Drinks, Alcohol and Tobacco While Boosting
Healthy Foods
Brazil’s National Congress approved a selective tax on tobacco, soft
drinks, and alcohol this week as part of wide-ranging fiscal reform that also
saw a reduction in taxes on healthy foods.
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nippon.com (Japan) - Japan’s Per Capita
Consumption of Alcohol Drying Up
End-of-year parties (bōnenkai) and New Year family gatherings have tended
to be a time when people drink alcohol in Japan, but the domestic market for
alcoholic beverages has been shrinking along with the decreasing population and
changing lifestyles.
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NL Times (Netherlands) - Majority of Dutch
parents allow teens to drink alcohol during holidays
More than half of Dutch parents with children aged 16 or 17 are comfortable
allowing their teens to consume some alcohol during the holiday season,
according to a survey by the RTL News Panel.
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Duvar English (Turkey) - Turkey's new year
brings steep price hikes for cigarettes, alcohol
With President Erdoğan's decision, the Special Consumption Tax (ÖTV) on
high-alcohol beverages has increased by 13%, and a price hike of 5-7 liras for
cigarettes is expected in the new year.
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GOV.UK (UK) - Christmas booze ban for
record number of offenders
Around 3,800 offenders either released from prison or serving a community
sentence will wear an alcohol tag over Christmas and New Year.
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The Brussels Times (Belgium) - Bolt
tightens e-scooter alcohol test during holiday season
This holiday season, the shared mobility platform Bolt is enhancing its
alcohol test functionality for sharing e-scooters and bikes to ensure safer
urban mobility during the end-of-year period across Belgium.
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McGill University - Study links alcohol
consumption to more severe nut allergy reaction
Findings of a new study into severe allergic reactions offer a sobering
warning to people allergic to tree nuts and, more broadly, could lead to
quicker diagnoses in emergency care for people with all anaphylactic allergies.
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Medical Xpress - Optogenetics approach
reveals how alcohol use disorder impairs cognitive flexibility
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) affects about 400 million people worldwide and
is a leading cause of serious illnesses such as cancer, cardiovascular disease,
liver disease and stroke.
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Neuroscience News - How Alcohol Impairs the
Brain’s Ability to Adapt and Learn
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) disrupts cognitive flexibility, crucial for
learning and adapting to change. New research reveals that chronic alcohol
exposure alters the firing patterns of cholinergic interneurons (CINs), key
neurons in the brain’s striatum that regulate dopamine and influence
reward-driven learning.
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The Independent (UK) - Almost one in three
men planning on ditching alcohol for Dry January
Almost one in three men is planning to take part in Dry January and give up
alcohol for the month amid health and financial concerns, according to new
data.
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The Journal (Ireland) - OECD: Irish
teenagers smoke less, drink less and exercise more than their European
counterparts
IRISH TEENAGERS COMPARE favourably to their European counterparts when it
comes to healthy behaviours, according to an OECD report on 15-year-olds.
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tctMD - Alcohol’s Harms Last Beyond Active
Binge Drinking: MunichBREW II
Binge drinking seems to increase heart rates and arrhythmias, not only
while alcohol is consumed but also during the days that follow, according to
data from the MunichBREW II study.
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