Europe: Heavy-drinking Lithuania bans alcohol ads, raises minimum age
Europe: Heavy-drinking Lithuania bans alcohol ads, raises minimum age Medical Xpress June 1, 2017 Lithuania on Thursday banned alcohol advertising and raised the legal drinking age to 20 from 18 as part of efforts to curb consumption in one of the world’s hardest-drinking nations. The measures, which also include a ban on alcohol […]
Incredibly, Americans Drank Less Alcohol in 2016
Incredibly, Americans Drank Less Alcohol in 2016 Fortune By John Kell June 1, 2017 2016 isn’t a year that the beverage alcohol industry will be toasting. On Thursday, industry tracker IWSR reported that Americans consumed less alcohol in 2016 than the prior year, with volume slipping by 3.5 million nine-liter cases last year […]
Why Was Maine the First State to Try Prohibition?
Why Was Maine the First State to Try Prohibition? The groundbreaking “Maine law” laid the groundwork for other states to experiment with temperance laws Smithsonian By Kat Eschner June 2, 2017 On this day in 1851, the state of Maine passed a law banning the sale of alcohol. Four years later, 3,000 rioters […]