YLE uutiset (Finland) - PTT: "Stronger beer
prices would fall by 25% if sold in grocery stores"
The Pellervo Economic Research Institute (PTT)
says that allowing grocery stores to sell stronger beer than they can at present
would cause dramatic price reductions. Currently all beverages with an alcohol
content exceeding 4.7 percent (so-called Class III beers) are sold exclusively
by the state-run Alko retail stores.
The Local (Sweden) - 'High tolerance' cited
in man's drunk driving win
A 61-year-old caught driving with a
blood-alcohol level five times over Sweden's legal limit walked free after a
court in southern Sweden cited his high tolerance for alcohol.
Government offices of Sweden (Sweden) -
Information seminar on Sweden's alcohol policy and the role of
Systembolaget
The next information seminar for diplomats will
be devoted to Sweden's alcohol policy and the role of Systembolaget.
Presentations will be made by Ms Sara Norell, Head of the Purchasing Department,
and by Mr Ulf Sjödin, Head of Category Management, both from
Systembolaget.
News in English (Norway) - Health minister
rejects more wine and tobacco restrictions
A commission of health care experts has proposed
a new list of restrictions to further discourage consumption of tobacco and
alcohol but Heath Minister Jonas Gahr Støre apparently thinks they went a bit
far. He quickly rejected several of their recommendations.
News of Iceland (Iceland) - Alcohol sales
decrese
Alcohol consumption decreases steadily and has
not been less for the last seven years. Alcohol sales decreased about 1.4% from
January 2012 to January 2013.
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Oakland Press (Canada) - Canadian study:
Alcohol-related deaths decline after price increase
Increasing the minimum price of alcohol by 10
percent can lead to immediate and significant drops in drink-related deaths and
may also have long-term beneficial health effects, according to a study
published on Thursday.
New York Daily News - Mixing diet soda with alcohol gets you
drunk faster: study
Those who mixed vodka with diet soda had breath
alcohol concentrations 18% higher than those who mixed with regular soda, a
study found.
Sky News (UK) - Children Of Alcoholics Face
Ongoing Struggle
As Children of Alcoholics Week begins,
campaigners are trying to raise awareness about the difficulties faced by
youngsters who grow up in households with alcohol abuse issues.
Science Network Western Australia (Australia) -
Proximity to take-home alcohol outlet increases harm, depression
A RECENT Perth-based study has shown new
evidence that people with greater access to liquor outlets were more likely to
consume harmful levels of alcohol and develop mental health disorders .
Telegraph.co.uk - 'Moderate drinkers'
underestimate alcohol use by 40 per cent, says health chief
A new official snapshot of the country’s
drinking patterns found people are underestimating their consumption by up to 40
per cent.
International Business Times (Russia) - Last
Call: Russia Aims To Sober Up With Proposal To Raise Drinking Age
The Russian parliament is considering a new bill
that would raise the drinking age from 18 to 21 amid a nationwide campaign to
cut down on alcohol consumption.
National Institutes of Health (USA) - NIH
study finds missed opportunities for underage alcohol screening
Physicians often fail to ask high school-aged
patients about alcohol use and to advise young people to reduce or stop
drinking, according to a study led by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse
and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health.
Prague Daily Monitor (Chech Republic) -
Doctors have action plan to fight alcohol addiction
Experts in addiction treatment have worked out the National Action Plan
to fight alcoholism in the Czech Republic, which traditionally leads
international standings of alcohol consumption, doctor Petr Popov, head of the
Society for Addictive Diseases, told reporters Wednesday.
Science Daily - Childhood Emotional Abuse
Dramatically Strong Among Male Alcohol-Dependent Individuals
Individuals who drink excessively or are alcohol
dependent (AD) have reduced central serotonergic neurotransmission, which can
have an impact on planning, judgment, self-control, and emotional
regulation.
LiveScience.com - Heavy Drinking Raises Risk
of Divorce
Till death do us part may not apply to heavy
drinkers, new research suggests. The more a person drinks, the more likely they
are to end up divorced.
Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) - Women now
abusing alcohol at similar levels to men
MONIQUE STEGER said she is more likely to stand
out in a crowd for being sober than for getting drunk and making a fool of
herself. At 24, she barely drinks, which she says makes some social situations
tough.
Irish Independent (Ireland) - Ban alcohol
sponsorship for sports, say bishops
Speaking in Dundalk, the vice chair of the Irish
Bishops' Drugs Initiative, Bishop Eamonn Walsh, urged Irish society to support
new proposals on alcohol policy that Primary Care Minister Alex White is to
bring to the Cabinet next week.
Irish Times (Ireland) - Drugs, alcohol cause
of rise in hospital trolley use, says HSE
An increase in drug and alcohol abuse cases has
been blamed by the HSE for the recent spike in the number of patients on
hospital trolleys.
RAPSI (Russia) - Interior Ministry seeks to
restrict alcohol sales in airports
Airlines should be allowed to seize alcohol
purchased by passengers in airport duty-free zones, Yury Gruzdev, the deputy
head of the Interior Ministry's Transport Bureau, said on Friday.
Herald.ie (Ireland) - Call for cancer alert
on alcohol
All alcoholic drinks should be labelled with
warnings about the links between over-consumption and cancers, a report by a
Seanad committee has said.
Toronto Star (Canada) - Alcohol-related
deaths increase with private booze stores, study finds
Azmi Farah thinks it is only a matter of time
before he can sell beer, wine and spirits at his mid-town Toronto convenience
store and is skeptical about a new study linking increased private availability
of booze to a hike in alcohol-related deaths.
China Daily (China) - Liquor industry faces
challenges in wake of scandal, ban
Liquor companies' share prices and sales have
slumped sharply before the Lunar New Year, pressured by a plasticizer
contamination scandal and a ban on government and military banquets that serve
alcohol.
Irish Examiner (Ireland) - Alcohol causes
half of all drug fatalities
Deaths caused by alcohol are increasing and
account for neary half of all drug fatalities, while fatalities from illegal
drugs are dropping dramatically.
