Ireland: Female drinking stereotypes tackled after eye-opening study
Ireland: Female drinking stereotypes tackled after eye-opening study Limerick Leader By Justin Kelly March 7, 2022 On International Women’s Day, Drinkaware, the national charity working to prevent and reduce the misuse of alcohol in Ireland, is highlighting and celebrating the positive changes women have made in their attitudes to alcohol. This comes amid an eye-opening […]
U.S. Auto Sector Weighs Anti-Impaired-Driving Technologies
U.S. Auto Sector Weighs Anti-Impaired-Driving Technologies The Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety program, a public-private partnership, advocates for breath or touch sensors that can detect when a driver is impaired with a blood-alcohol concentration at or above 0.08% (the legal limit in most U.S. states) and prevent a vehicle from moving. Wards Auto By […]
New WHO signature initiative shows raising alcohol taxes could save 130,000 lives per year
New WHO signature initiative shows raising alcohol taxes could save 130,000 lives per year News Release Technische Universität Dresden February 28, 2022 Peer-Reviewed Publication Across the Region, alcohol consumption leads to almost one million deaths each year from a wide range of causes, including cardiovascular diseases, cancers and other noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), as well as […]
More Alcohol, Less Brain: Association Begins with an Average of Just One Drink a Day
More Alcohol, Less Brain: Association Begins with an Average of Just One Drink a Day Science Daily By University of Pennsylvania March 4, 2022 The research, using a dataset of more than 36,000 adults, revealed that going from one to two drinks a day was linked with changes in the brain equivalent to aging two […]
New signature initiative on increasing alcohol taxes could benefit people’s health, reduce mortality
New signature initiative on increasing alcohol taxes could benefit people’s health, reduce mortality News Medical and Life Sciences Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc. February 28, 2022 Across the Region, alcohol consumption leads to almost one million deaths each year from a wide range of causes, including cardiovascular diseases, cancers and other noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), as […]
IA: Iowa House passes Davenport-backed nuisance bar bill
IA: Iowa House passes Davenport-backed nuisance bar bill Quad-City Times By Sarah Watson March 1, 2022 Iowa cities could take bar owners to court to have their liquored license pulled for safety concerns rather than having to rely on state regulators under a bill passed by the Iowa House. House lawmakers on Monday approved a […]
OH: How the density of bars, restaurants affects parents’ alcohol use
OH: How the density of bars, restaurants affects parents’ alcohol use More places to imbibe means more drinking, study shows Ohio State News By Jeff Grabmeier March 1, 2022 Past research has shown that people drink more frequently and drink higher amounts of alcohol when they have more bars and restaurants in the neighborhoods where […]
Australia: Drinking at home is cheap and easy. Why is it more harmful?
Australia: Drinking at home is cheap and easy. Why is it more harmful? The Sydney Morning Herald By Sarah Berry February 23, 2022 Historically, researchers haven’t paid much attention to the way we drink at home; the alcohol-fuelled problems when people go out at night — violence, accidents, illness, hospital admissions and social disorder — […]
Europe: Impact of introducing a minimum alcohol tax share in retail prices on alcohol-attributable mortality in the WHO European Region: A modelling study
Europe: Impact of introducing a minimum alcohol tax share in retail prices on alcohol-attributable mortality in the WHO European Region: A modelling study The Lancet Maria Neufeld, Pol Rovira, Carina Ferreira-Borges, Carolin Kilian, Franco Sassi, Aurelijus Veryga, et al. February 23, 2022 DOI :https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2022.100325 Summary Background Alcohol use and its burden constitute one of the […]
Delivery firms failing to check IDs
Delivery firms failing to check IDs Better Retailing By Suhara Jayasena February 23, 2022 Home delivery firms have been accused of lagging behind with age-verification checks for alcohol purchases. During its Responsible Retailing Forum held in Reading, Berkshire, in February, ACS communications director Chris Noice said analysis made by the trade body found home delivery companies were […]