Canada:  Liquor industry calls halt to cancer warning labels on Yukon booze

Canada:  Liquor industry calls halt to cancer warning labels on Yukon booze ‘Unfortunately, it didn’t have the consent of label owners,’ says Yukon Liquor Corp. CBC News December 28, 2017 It was supposed to be a public health experiment, backed by Health Canada and Yukon’s chief medical officer of health. For eight months, new, more prominent […]

Data show this liquor becomes way more popular after midnight

Data show this liquor becomes way more popular after midnight   New Year’s Eve is upon us. It’s a night when many drinkers will make poor decisions. A Quartz data analysis suggests a lot of that bad judgment will involve tequila.   Quartz December 29, 2017 Quartz obtained the records of all sales from one […]

‘Drynuary’: Could you give up alcohol for a month?

‘Drynuary’: Could you give up alcohol for a month? LA Times By Sarah Elizabeth Richards December 28, 2017 When Steve Byrne’s friend dared him to give up alcohol for the month of January five years ago, Byrne accepted the challenge. He cleared his calendar of beer-filled social events and doubled down on his CrossFit workouts. […]