Wisconsin: Who’s calling the shots? Tavern owners want more regulation from the state in an increasingly competitive market
Wisconsin: Who’s calling the shots? Tavern owners want more regulation from the state in an increasingly competitive market Source: https://madison.com/ By Katelyn Ferral Jul 3, 2019 Wisconsin’s Tavern League has been a political powerhouse for decades – advocating in the Capitol for thousands of bars and restaurants across the state that serve alcohol. The group, […]
States Profiting the Most From Sin 24/7 Wall St By Grant Suneson June 24, 2019 Methodology To identify the states profiting the most from sin, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed state tobacco taxes, alcohol taxes, casino taxes, as well as proceeds from state-controlled liquor stores and state lotteries. States were ranked by sin taxes as a percentage of […]
95.1% of respondents to survey view driving after drinking dangerous
95.1% of respondents to survey view driving after drinking dangerous The Trucker.com By The Trucker News Staff July 1, 2019 WASHINGTON — According to a new AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety survey released late last month, 95.1% of drivers perceive driving after drinking as very or extremely dangerous. However, almost 11 percent admitted to having done […]
PA: Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board Awards Nearly $765,000 in Grants to Reduce Underage and Dangerous Drinking
PA: Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board Awards Nearly $765,000 in Grants to Reduce Underage and Dangerous Drinking News Release News Provided By Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board July 2, 2019 HARRISBURG, Pa., July 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Committed to providing financial support to reduce underage and dangerous alcohol consumption, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) has approved almost $765,000 to 44 […]
PBR Just Released a Hard Coffee With Alcohol and Caffeine
PBR Just Released a Hard Coffee With Alcohol and Caffeine Thrillist By Dustin Nelson July 2, 2019 The familiar Blue Ribbon seal has been hitting a lot of new products lately. Earlier this year, it was revealed that PBR is working on a whiskey. Then there was news that it’s releasing a PBR with a higher alcohol content, […]
Diageo mulls creation of non-alcoholic Guinness
Diageo mulls creation of non-alcoholic Guinness Drinks company reacts to growing demand for low-alcohol products. Campaign By Daniel Farey-Jones July 3, 2019 Diageo’s global head of innovation, Michael Ward, has admitted that the company has been working on a non-alcoholic version of Guinness, although he said that developing such a product posed “a lot of […]
United Kingdom: The real reason beer sales are falling (and it’s not just because of healthy millennials)
United Kingdom: The real reason beer sales are falling (and it’s not just because of healthy millennials) Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/ Adrian Tierney Jones July 2, 2019 It’s early Saturday lunchtime at a former factory in Hackney Wick, east London, which is now the home of Crate Brewery. It’s only been open half an hour, but a steady […]
What’s behind the growing trend of booze-free events?
What’s behind the growing trend of booze-free events? Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/ July 3, 2019 During her years as a reporter in Washington, D.C. in the 1980s, Jayne O’Donnell says she was averaging two bottles of wine per day. “I was working on Capitol Hill in the 1980s – it’s no accident the early ’80s were the peak […]
Fun without alcohol? Sober bars offer social connections without peer pressure to drink
Fun without alcohol? Sober bars offer social connections without peer pressure to drink Source: https://www.usatoday.com/ By Laura Ungar, Kaiser Health News and Jayne O’Donnell July 2, 2019 Sober bars are becoming a new way for people recovering and those who simply want to cut back drinking to have a safe space to socialize. Not far from […]
Pediatricians play key role in routine anticipatory guidance on teen alcohol use
Pediatricians play key role in routine anticipatory guidance on teen alcohol use AAP News & Journals By Joanna Quigley, M.D., FAAP June 24, 2019 Much-needed attention is being paid to the impact of opioid, cannabis and nicotine use among youths in communities throughout the U.S. However, alcohol remains the most widely used substance by teens and has […]