Bangkok Post
(Thailand) - Call for alcohol ban on trains
Anti-alcohol
activists on Monday called for a ban on alcohol sales on trains
arguing that passengers who drink irritate and sexually harass other
travellers.
CNN - James
Bond at risk of early death from alcohol, study says
The British spy
James Bond may routinely get himself out of dangerous situations with
skill and charm, but his body may be suffering all the while because
of his drinking habits. British researchers predict he could die from
alcohol-related causes, such as liver damage, by age 56.
The Guardian
(Australia) - Getting drunk should be frowned on, police say after
1,000 weekend arrests
Drinking to get
drunk in Australia needs to become as socially unacceptable as
smoking and drink driving, police declared after arresting about
1,000 people over the weekend for alcohol-related offences.
Herald Scotland
(Scotland) - Celtic captain Brown urges Scots to give up alcohol
for cancer charity fundraiser
The footballer is
sponsoring his brother Stewart to become a "dryathlete" for
the whole of January in support of the Cancer Research UK Dryathlon
campaign.
Massey News (New
Zealand) - Re-thinking supplying alcohol to under-18s
New research
released by Massey University urges friends and family supplying
alcohol to under-18s to re-think their motives as new legislation
comes into force.
thejournal.ie
(Ireland) - Shoppers still going to Northern Ireland for cheap
food and alcohol
THE DAYS OF long
queues of cars from the Republic queuing outside border shopping
centres may be gone, but travelling to Northern Ireland for bargains
is still happening.
Trend.az
(Uzbekistan) - Alcohol prices rise in Uzbekistan
From January 1,
2014 Uzbekistan will increase the minimum wholesale and retail prices
of alcoholic beverages (except beer), a joint decree by the Finance
Ministry and the State Tax Committee of the Republic said.
Fox News (USA) -
Binge drinking rates lower in states with strong alcohol policies
States with lower
rates of binge drinking have stronger policies toward alcohol, a new
study suggests. This is the first study to relate alcohol policies
within each U.S. state to the levels and likelihood of binge drinking
in adults.
Salt Lake Tribune
(USA) - Holiday campaign warns Utahns to keep alcohol away from
children
Utahns who buy
wine, beer and spirits for the holidays can expect to get an extra
holiday greeting — signs and posters reminding them to keep kids
alcohol-free.
Channel News Asia
(Singapore) - Alcohol ban hits businesses in Little India
Businesses in
Little India have taken a hit since the alcohol ban was implemented
on Saturday. And it's not just affecting shops which sell liquor.
Fruit and vegetable sellers are feeling the heat on the second day of
the liquor ban in Little India.
Press-Enterprise -
Alcohol during pregnancy changes brain anatomy
A UC Riverside
researcher has shown that exposure to alcohol during pregnancy not
only affects a baby’s birth weight and behavior but also changes
the way the brain is wired.
International
Business Time (Myanmar) - Myanmar Intensifies Crackdown On
Imported Alcohol, Causes Shortage
Myanmar is
clamping down on illegal alcohol imports, sparking unrest among
retailers including the nation’s largest supermarket chain, City
Mart.
Jakarta Post
(Indonesia) - Tackling Indonesia’s black market alcohol problem
In August and
September of this year, at least 52 people lost their lives after
consuming illicit alcohol tainted with methanol in Indonesia.
The Guardian
(Australia) - Alcohol and drug council’s financial difficulties
‘caused by government’
The government is
itself responsible for the “financial difficulties” it cited when
it axed funding for the Alcohol and Other Drugs Council of Australia
(Adca), according to the council’s chief executive.
Express.co.uk (UK)
- Children of ’60s more likely to need alcohol and drugs
treatment
Shock figures show
drink or drugs can account for nearly one in five emergency cases
involving 40-somethings.
The Voice of
Russia (Russia) - Russia's alcohol consumption down by 13 percent
Russia's
government has been trying to tackle the problem of excessive alcohol
consumption among its population. And figures just out, show it is
having considerable success. Due to policy measures by the
government, overall consumption has gone down by 13 percent this
year. VoR’s Dasha Chernyshova reports.
Medical Xpress
(UK) - 17 million Brits set to cut down on alcohol following last
year's Christmas hangovers
Over a third (35
per cent) of Brits, equating to over 17 million people, plan to cut
down on alcohol this Christmas after regretting some of their drunken
behaviour from last year's festive party season, according to a new
poll from Cancer Research UK's Dryathlon.
MaltaToday (Malta)
- Think before you drink and drive
The annual 'Don't
drink and drive' campaign run by government and other agancies
including Sedqa was launched today by the health minister Godfrey
Farrugia and social affairs minister Marie Louise Coleiro Preca.
Hull Daily Mail
(UK) - 24-hour drinking culture a 'colossal disaster' says Hull
medical expert
A LEADING medical
expert says the relaxation of licensing laws has been a "colossal
disaster". Tom Phillips, a consultant nurse in addiction at the
Humber NHS Foundation Trust, spoke out after new figures revealed a
nine per cent increase in people being treated for alcohol problems
in East Riding over the past 12 months.
Glasgow South and
Eastwood Extra (Scotland) - Study shows the cost of alcohol
pricing
AN NHS report has
linked the affordability of alcohol to persistent high death rates in
Scotland. A total of three fifths of off-sales alcohol is sold below
the Scottish government’s proposed minimum price of 50 pence per
unit.
