USA TODAY - Coming soon? Nutritional labels
on alcohol
Alcohol beverages soon could have nutritional
labels like those on food packaging, but only if the producers want to put them
there.
YLE News (Finland) - Paper: Alcohol deaths
cost a billion annually
Alcohol-related deaths cost society some one
billion euros annually. Every year alcohol costs Finns about 25,000 years of
life, according to a report in the regional Sunday supplement
Sunnuntaisuomalainen.
Lithuania Tribune (Lithuania) - Sale of
low-alcohol drinks to be allowed in the Seimas as of June
On Wednesday, the Seimas board approved a
resolution, allowing sale of alcoholic beverages containing up to 18 per cent of
alcohol in the parliament’s cafes. The decision is linked to Lithuania’s
presidency over the European Union (EU) Council in the second half of this
year.
Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) - Call for
MPs to be bound by alcohol code of conduct
There are calls for an alcohol code of conduct
for MPs after the finance minister, Greg Pearce, was warned by Premier Barry
O'Farrell over allegations he was so drunk he was unable to participate in a
parliamentary debate.
The Guardian (UK) - Older people are abusing
alcohol more than the young
In her two-bedroom flat close to the centre of
Brighton, Ann, 72, has not yet cleared out her late husband's clothes, but she's
given away his wine.
Telegraph.co.uk (UK) - Rich 'ladies who
lunch' more likely to have alcohol problem, says study
Women who live in exclusive areas such as Esher
in Surrey, Merchiston in Edinburgh, and Knightsbridge in London, where many
residents often earn six-figure sums, are more also more likely to suffer from
mental illness or depression than those living in more modest areas, research
has found.
RTE.ie (Ireland) - Minister Leo Varadkar
supports alcohol strategy proposals
The Transport Minister Leo Varadkar has said
that he is supportive of the vast majority of proposals in Junior Minister Alex
White's alcohol strategy.
Daily Mail (UK) - Prescriptions for alcohol
addiction soar by 70% in the last decade
The use of drugs to treat alcohol addiction
increased by 70 per cent in the past decade. Doctors last year prescribed almost
£3million worth of drugs, up from £1.72million in 2003.
XpatLoop.com (Hungary) - Hungary's Economy
Ministry Will Not Re-Regulate Alcohol Retail
A working draft of the Economy Ministry
indicates that the government is considering changes in the sale of alcohol, but
without causing serious shortfalls in excise tax and VAT revenues, left-leaning
weekly Magyar Narancs reports.
Warc - Alcohol advertising under
pressure
Alcohol advertising is coming under increasing
regulatory pressure in several markets, with a review in the UK, a ban in Turkey
and, in the US, a limited ban proposed in Los Angeles.
PoliceProffesional (UK) - National Twitter
campaign highlights alcohol issues
Police forces nationwide took part in an online
campaign over the Bank Holiday to raise awareness of the policing problems
caused by alcohol abuse.
Express.co.uk (UK) - Drinkers put strain on
NHS
New figures published yesterday revealed just
under 26,000 people were admitted to hospital 38,724 times last year with
conditions relating to alcohol abuse.
The Moscow Times (Russia) - How to Reduce
Harmful Drinking
Harmful drinking features prominently in
Russia's public policy for good reason: The country has the world's
fourth-highest rate of per capita alcohol consumption. Alcohol misuse has been a
major social, economic and public health problem for decades, and the prevailing
drinking pattern has been characterized as "most risky" by the World Health
Organization, or WHO.
