The Baltic Times (Estonia) - Ansip: current
alcohol and tobacco excise taxes are optimal
Estonian Prime Minster Andrus Ansip expressed an
opinion at the Riigikogu on Wednesday that although Estonia has one of the
highest alcohol excise taxes in Europe, the tax rates of our excise goods are,
all in all, optimal, Postimees Online reports.
ERR News (Estonia) - Duty-Free Allowances on
Border Could Become Weekly Limits
Officials plan to tighten up the rules on
duty-free allowances for cigarettes and alcohol on Estonia's border with
Russia.
YLE uutiset (Finland) - If you look under 30,
get your ID out
Members of the Finnish Grocery Trade Association
have agreed that anyone who looks less than 30 years of age will have to produce
a valid picture ID to buy tobacco or alcohol products as of the start of next
year.
Skemman (Iceland) - The effect of the
economic climate on alcohol and drug rehabilitation
The effect of economic conditions on the use and
abuse of alcohol and other addictive substances has received some attention.
However, this literature is in its infancy and limited focus has been on
detailed mechanisms or reasons for changes in consumption, be it initiation of
use, cessation or level changes of consumption. In this thesis we examine how
the economic climate affects the degree of addiction at the time of admission to
rehabilitation.
Chicago Tribune (USA) - Online alcohol sales
fueling underage drinking
What do you know about online alcohol sales? I
must admit that I knew little about this industry and was amazed with some of
the statistics I recently discovered while reading an article in the September
2012 Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. If you're the parent of a
'tween or teen, here's another topic for discussion and for monitoring.
New Zealand Herald (New Zealand) - Tougher
rules for alcohol advertisements
Advertisers selling alcohol or promoting the
environmental benefits of their products will soon have less wriggle-room in
ambiguous advertisements.
The Australian (Australia) - Bans on alcohol
spawn generation of lucky children
THOUSANDS of indigenous children in remote
Queensland communities, provided they are aged 10 years or younger, have never
witnessed hundreds of their community members engaged in wild, drunken brawls,
seen women being bashed or heard their screams in the night. Nor have they
learned next morning that somebody was violently murdered the previous
evening.
GlobalPost (UK) - One fifth of British
parents think alcohol improves their parenting skills
Nineteen percent of Britain’s mothers and
fathers believe that alcohol improves their parenting skills, a new report has
found. Perhaps beer goggles make your kids look cuter.
The Australian (Australia) - Industry revolts
as federal health agency proposes ban on discount booze
CHEAP wine will be banned under a federal health
agency's plan to make drinkers pay at least $8-$10 for a bottle of booze.
Fox News (Haiti) - Haiti prime minister
announces sin tax on alcohol cigarettes to pay for education
Haiti's government wants to raise $100 million
for a special education fund by putting additional taxes on alcohol, cigarettes
and gambling, the Caribbean nation's prime minister said Monday.
Medical Xpress - Veterans are at higher risk
of alcohol abuse relapse due to smoking
In a new study published in Frontiers, Dr
Timothy Durazzo and colleagues from the San Francisco VA Medical Center and
University of California, San Francisco, expand upon their decade of research
showing that smoking while kicking the alcohol habit impairs memory, learning
and other cognitive skills—ultimately making it more difficult to weather the
long storm of sobriety.
Newstrack India - Moderate alcohol intake
'ups irregular heart beat in heart disease patients'
Even "moderate" drinkers have a higher risk of
atrial fibrillation (AF) than low-alcohol consumers, researchers say. An
analysis of the association of alcohol consumption with the development of AF
among subjects with coronary heart disease, stroke, diabetes, or other
manifestations of cardiovascular disease (CVD) was based on subjects in two
large antihypertensive drug treatment trials.
BBC News - Baby boomer alcohol harm 'more
likely than in young'
More NHS money is spent treating alcohol-related
illness in baby boomers than young people, a study says.
News-Medical.net - Alcohol problems may be
influenced by neighborhood
Disadvantaged groups living in poor
neighborhoods are much more likely to suffer alcohol problems than their
wealthier counterparts, research shows.
Berwick Today (UK) - Social cost of alcohol
adds to minimum unit price debate
NEW figures have revealed the full extent that
alcohol misuse is having on the Northumberland economy - costing the workplace
alone £44.69m in days lost.
Telegraph.co.uk (UK) - Middle-aged drinkers
'unwittingly risking their health'
Professor Sir Ian Gilmore, chairman of the
Alcohol Health Alliance, said “chronic” overconsumption of alcohol not only led
to liver disease, but also increased rates of cancer, heart disease and
stroke.
