Half of young drinkers are unaware of health messages on alcohol packaging

Half of young drinkers are unaware of health messages on alcohol packaging   Science Daily Jul 24, 2019   Just half of 11-19 year old drinkers recall seeing health messages or warnings on alcohol packaging — despite being an important target market for this information, according to new research. Published in the Journal of Public Health, […]

Legal in 30 States: the Drive-Thru Liquor Store

Legal in 30 States: the Drive-Thru Liquor Store   The News Wheel Caleb Cook July 24, 2019   For most of my life, I lived in Indiana — where you can’t even buy alcohol on Sunday, let alone do it without leaving your car. When I moved to Ohio in 2014, a whole new world […]

BBPA welcomes Government commitment to reconsider alcohol-free descriptors

BBPA welcomes Government commitment to reconsider alcohol-free descriptors Caterlyst July 23, 2019 The British Beer & Pub Association has today welcomed a new commitment from the UK Government to reconsider alcohol free descriptors. The Government’s commitment was stated in a new green paper, titled ‘Advancing our health: prevention in the 2020s’, which also committed the […]

For Years, Alcohol Was My Only Comfort. Then It Nearly Killed Me

For Years, Alcohol Was My Only Comfort. Then It Nearly Killed Me New York Times Magazine Heather King July 24, 2019 On Sept. 29, 2016, I was at a private book signing in Williamson County, Tenn., for Alberto Gonzales, the former United States attorney general. As the chairwoman for the Montgomery County Young Republicans, I […]

Methanol-Tainted Alcohol: Could It Happen Here?

Methanol-Tainted Alcohol: Could It Happen Here? Source: https://www.webmd.com/ July 24, 2019 The number of suspected deaths from tainted alcohol in Costa Rica has climbed to 20 since early June, according to the country’s Ministry of Health. Officials there have issued a health alert and seized about 30,000 containers of products suspected of having been contaminated […]

Drastic plan to lift alcohol prices 

Drastic plan to lift alcohol prices The Daily Examiner by Shannon Molloy 23rd Jul 2019   A POWERFUL medical association has called for a minimum price for alcohol to be introduced to discourage people from binge-drinking cheap booze. The Royal Australian College of Physicians (RACP) wants current lockout laws in Sydney restricting the sale of alcohol and […]

How To Drink Safely On Vacation, Because Tainted Alcohol Is Nothing To Mess With

How To Drink Safely On Vacation, Because Tainted Alcohol Is Nothing To Mess With Source: https://www.bustle.com/ By CAROLINE BURKE July 23rd The whole point of a vacation, for many people, is that it’s supposed to be worry-free. But recent reports about tainted alcohol in popular travel destinations are a reminder that being prepared and aware of […]

Poll shows 66% of millennials feel peer pressure to drink

Poll shows 66% of millennials feel peer pressure to drink Source: https://www.thespiritsbusiness.com/ by Owen Bellwood 23rd July, 2019 Two-thirds of UK consumers aged between 18 and 34 years old feel under pressure to drink alcohol while socialising, according to a study published by low-abv Punch producer Punchy Drinks. 45% of 18-34-year-old drinkers said they consume […]

Effects of second hand alcohol now being studied

Effects of second hand alcohol now being studied Source: https://www.reviewonline.com/ CATHY THOMAS BROWNFIELD JUL 22, 2019 Secondhand alcohol? How can that be? Secondhand effects of alcohol are the negative experiences directly resulting from someone else’s drinking, things like being insulted or humiliated by the drinker, a serious argument or quarrel, being pushed, hit or otherwise assaulted, […]