Many YouTube videos glorify alcohol

Many YouTube videos glorify alcohol Medical Xpress September 21, 2017 YouTube videos featuring alcohol are heavily viewed and nearly always promote the “fun” side of drinking. That’s the finding of a study in September issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. Researchers looked at 137 YouTube videos that featured alcohol brands popular with […]

United Kingdom:  Facebook trial lets users hide alcohol adverts

United Kingdom:  Facebook trial lets users hide alcohol adverts BBC By Rachel Naylor, BBC Radio 5 live September 20, 2017 Facebook is testing a tool that lets people hide advertisements for alcohol. It is the first time a social network has let people proactively block adverts on a specific topic. The move has been welcomed […]

MI:  Other Views: Bring competition to liquor sales (opinion)

MI:  Other Views: Bring competition to liquor sales (opinion) Daily Tribune September 20, 2917 Regulators don’t often decide to regulate less. Yet the state liquor commission is attempting to do just that. It wants to open competition in the liquor store industry, and that effort serves well consumers who have suffered under the monopolistic system […]

Irresponsible consumption of alcohol bigger problem than where liquor is sold

Irresponsible consumption of alcohol bigger problem than where liquor is sold Just Details Daily Reporter By Stephanie Haines September 19, 2017 There’s been a lot of hullabaloo lately about Indiana’s liquor laws. Could a convenience store qualify as a restaurant? Should grocery stores be allowed to sell cold beer? Can children come into a liquor […]

AB Inbev Urges Mexicans Not to Cross Border and to Sell Beer Instead

AB Inbev Urges Mexicans Not to Cross Border and to Sell Beer Instead   Source: Ad Age By Laurel Wentz September 18, 2017   Anheuser-Busch InBev will urge Mexicans who plan to cross the border into the U.S. to become undocumented workers to stay — and become small business owners running beer stores.   AB-owned […]

Not so fresh-faced! New university students collapse drunk in the street after alcohol-fuelled night of partying to launch Freshers’ Week (Excerpt)

Not so fresh-faced! New university students collapse drunk in the street after alcohol-fuelled night of partying to launch Freshers’ Week (Excerpt)   New university students were seen slumped on the ground and being led into ambulances on their first night This year freshers are being given brightly coloured wristbands with their address and emergency contact […]

Canadian millennials aren’t drinking and driving due to social media shame: study

Canadian millennials aren’t drinking and driving due to social media shame: study   B.C. millenials are most responsible when it comes to not drinking and driving acorss the country   Source: http://www.barrierestarjournal.com ASHLEY WADHWANI Sep 14th, 2017   Say what you want about Facebook and Instagram, but a new study suggests they’re deterring millennials from […]

AMAZON TO PUT ONLINE BOOZE DELIVERIES UNDER PRESSURE

AMAZON TO PUT ONLINE BOOZE DELIVERIES UNDER PRESSURE   Source: the drinks business by Arabella Mileham 18th September, 2017   Online booze sales in the US may come under increasing pressure from global tech giant Amazon, following its completion of the Whole Foods acquisition last month.   According to CNBC, online booze sales had been […]

TX:  Alcohol-selling businesses to get more warnings instead of citations

TX:  Alcohol-selling businesses to get more warnings instead of citations KXAN By Wes Rapaport September 15, 2017 AUSTIN (Nexstar) — The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission begins using new standards for certain violations starting on Friday, Sept. 15. TABC’s new enforcement system is warning-based, “designed to encourage voluntary compliance with state liquor laws among businesses which manufacture, […]