‘Drink less’ campaign… by booze PR firm: Dry January company paid millions of taxpayers’ money to drive drinkers to give up next month
‘Drink less’ campaign… by booze PR firm: Dry January company paid millions of taxpayers’ money to drive drinkers to give up next month NHS pays PR firm Freuds just under £2million a year to run campaign Experts said it’s nonsense for the campaign to be run by a firm with a ‘vested […]
Has Your Drinking Gotten Out of Control This Season?
Has Your Drinking Gotten Out of Control This Season? By Rachel Rabkin Peachman 23 Hours Ago The holiday season is filled with lots of opportunities to eat, drink, and be (very) merry. But a new survey shows that too much holiday drinking could be a sign of deeper problems. The poll, from Caron […]
Survey reveals new trends in teen drug and alcohol use
Survey reveals new trends in teen drug and alcohol use Source: CBS News Dec 16, 2015 Alcohol and cigarette use are down among teens, but marijuana use has not declined, a new report shows. For the first time, researchers found that more high school seniors smoke marijuana than regular cigarettes on a daily […]
Why well-off women are most likely to have a problem with alcohol: Richest fifth are three times more likely to drink every day than those on lower incomes
Why well-off women are most likely to have a problem with alcohol: Richest fifth are three times more likely to drink every day than those on lower incomes Well-off women three times as likely to drink than those on lower incomes Research shows those living in the richest fifth of households are […]
Pennsylvania: No more bootleggers? House could allow out-of-state liquor purchases
Pennsylvania: No more bootleggers? House could allow out-of-state liquor purchases A bill that would end a provision of state law that prohibits Pennsylvanians from purchasing and transporting liquor across state lines. Source: PennLive Wallace McKelvey December 15, 2015 If you live near one of Pennsylvania’s borders and drink alcohol regularly, the odds […]
Man’s beer can collection worth $1.6m
Man’s beer can collection worth $1.6m Source: the drinks business by Lauren Eads 15th December, 2015 It seems that one man’s trash really is another man’s treasure, at least for one beer enthusiast, whose collection of 87,000 vintage beer cans has been valued at US$1.6 million. Jeff Lebo, 53, began collecting cans […]
Rolls-Royce launches £26,000 cocktail kit
Rolls-Royce launches £26,000 cocktail kit Source: The Spirits Business by Melita Kiely 15th December, 2015 For consumers with a spare £26,366 burning a hole in their pockets, Rolls-Royce has created a limited edition bespoke cocktail hamper worth more than a BMW 3 Series. The luxury car maker has created just 15 cocktail […]
Return of the Tied House?
Return of the Tied House? The Problems of Domination by Large Companies Source: Public Action Management By Pamela Erickson December 15, 2015 Before Prohibition, the alcohol market was dominated by large national companies that owned or had exclusive business deals with retailers. The retailers were called “Tied Houses” because they only sold […]
Cuomo Veto of Alcohol Retailer Bill Upholds Three Tier System and Underscores State Regulatory Authority over Licensees
Cuomo Veto of Alcohol Retailer Bill Upholds Three Tier System and Underscores State Regulatory Authority over Licensees Source: WSWA December 15, 2015 Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America (WSWA) President and CEO Craig Wolf today praised New York Governor Andrew Cuomo for vetoing a bill that would have weakened the state’s ability to […]
Two drinks a day ‘cuts Alzheimer’s death risk’: Moderate consumption found to reduce chance in patients by 77%
Two drinks a day ‘cuts Alzheimer’s death risk’: Moderate consumption found to reduce chance in patients by 77% Drinking two small glasses of wine a day may reduce risk of death for Alzheimer’s patients, suggests new research by scientists in Denmark Those who consumed ‘moderate’ volumes of alcohol had a 77 per cent lower risk […]