The Local (Norway) - Norway risks even higher
booze taxes
Norway is considering imposing even higher taxes
on alcoholic drinks, a move that would bring it within a whisker of becoming
world's most expensive place for a tipple.Read
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The Foreigner (Norway) - Norway government
alcohol monopoly eyes tax free
Vinmonopolet is considering moving into the
airport alcohol business as drink sales figures decline.
Finland Times (Finland) - No tax hike on
alcohol in budget likely
The government is likely not to increase tax on
alcohol in the upcoming budget for the year 2014 as the tax hike might increase
the import of the alcoholic products from the neighbouring countries of Russia
and Estonia by the travellers.
THL (Finland) - Pekka Puska: Health should be
prioritized over business interests
Pekka Puska’s speech at the Savonlinna Opera
Festival public meeting on 30 July, 2013. The World Health Organization WHO held
a major international conference in Helsinki in June. In the summit, the WHO
appealed to world decision makers to put health in focus in all policy
making.
WalesOnline (Wales) - Wales could go it alone
over cigarette packaging and minimum alcohol pricing, says health
minister
Health Minister Mark Drakeford has revealed he
is giving serious consideration as to whether Wales could go it alone on major
public health issues such as plain cigarette packaging and a minimum price for
alcohol.
Globe and Mail (Canada) - Mothers Against
Drunk Driving take aim at Tory plan for alcohol in Nova Scotia corner
stores
The CEO of Mothers Against Drunk Driving says
Nova Scotia’s opposition Progressive Conservatives have engaged in “dirty
politics” by suggesting the group supports the party’s proposal to introduce the
sale of beer and wine in corner stores.
The Guardian (UK) - Channel 4 rapped for
airing alcohol ads when kids were likely to be watching
Channel 4 has been rapped on the knuckles for
running alcohol ads during shows likely to appeal to children, including hit US
comedy import The Big Bang Theory.
StatesChronicle - New Studys Suggests
Relation Between Brain Hyderactivity to Alcohol Consumption
A new study conducted in Canada by McGill
University’s Professor Marco Leyton from the Department of Psychiatry can help
in diagnosing and treating patients undergoing treatment caused by
alcoholism.
The Daily Progress (USA) - Gifts to ABC from
alcohol industry a 'gray area'
State Alcoholic Beverage Control employees
reported more than $50,000 in gifts and entertainment from 2008 to 2011,
primarily to pay for conference trips but also including tickets to car races,
comedy shows and a Washington Redskins game as well as "spa service."
Health-e (South Africa) - Govt moves to stop
alcohol ads
South Africans like to drink. In fact, according
to the World Health Organisation (WHO), we are some of the biggest drinkers in
the world. But, alcohol kills around 130 South Africans every day and well over
half of all road accidents are caused by drunk drivers.
IrishCentral (Ireland) - Alcohol fuels many
of Ireland’s fatal assaults research finds
Deputy State Pathologist Michael Curtis has
found that alcohol is a major factor when it comes to the cause of violent
crimes in Ireland.
EurekAlert (USA) - Fewer states holding
alcohol retailers responsible for harms from illegal service
Fewer states are holding alcohol retailers
liable for harms caused by customers who were served illegally, according to a
new report from researchers at Alcohol Policy Consultations and the Center on
Alcohol Marketing and Youth (CAMY) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of
Public Health.
Independent Online (South Africa) - ‘We’ll
fight alcohol with bare knuckles’
South Africans like to drink. In fact, according
to the World Health Organisation, we are some of the biggest drinkers in the
world. But, alcohol kills around 130 South Africans every day and well over half
of all road accidents are caused by drunk drivers.
Bury Times (UK) - Hospitals seeing large
numbers of drunk children in A&E departments
ALMOST one in seven people admitted to local
accident and emergency departments with alcohol problems are children, new
figures have revealed.
FRANCE 24 (France) - 'Le binge drinking' on
the rise in France
France on Sunday officially replaced the English
term “binge drinking” with the French alternative “beuverie express”, a move
that may reflect how drinking habits in the country have changed in recent
years.
TIME (France) - France Finally Finds the
Right Words to Describe Binge Drinking
The French Ministry of Culture and
Communication, better known as the language police, added a decidedly un-French
term to its approved lexicon on Sunday. From now on, chugging alcohol with the
sole motive of getting smashed is no longer “le binge drinking” — it’s la
beuverie express (literally, fast drinking).