MN: Survey Finds That Most Minnesotans Don’t Want to Legalize ‘To-Go’ Alcoholic Drinks
MN: Survey Finds That Most Minnesotans Don’t Want to Legalize ‘To-Go’ Alcoholic Drinks KDHL By Luke Lonien March 10, 2022 During the pandemic, Minnesota bars and restaurants were allowed to sell alcoholic beverages ‘to-go’ with take-out orders. Many states enabled this when restaurants were not allowed to have patrons sit down at their establishments, and […]
Europe: New WHO signature initiative shows raising alcohol taxes could save 130 000 lives per year
Europe: New WHO signature initiative shows raising alcohol taxes could save 130 000 lives per year WHO/ Uka Borregaard February 22, 2022 Alcohol taxation is one of the most cost-effective policies for lowering drinking levels and attributable harm. Many thousands of lives could be saved each year in the WHO European Region, if Member States […]
Heavy Drinking in Your 20s Has Lasting Impact on Cancer Risk
Heavy Drinking in Your 20s Has Lasting Impact on Cancer Risk Medscape By Megan Brooks March 9, 2022 Heavy drinking during early adulthood may raise the risk for alcohol-related cancers, even after drinking stops or decreases in middle age, according to a new study from Australia. Although alcohol is a known risk factor for cancer, people […]
Opportunities for no/low drinks beyond the traditional alcohol occasion
Opportunities for no/low drinks beyond the traditional alcohol occasion Key take-aways from IWSR’s LinkedIn Live Briefing on the outlook of the no/low-alcohol market Source: https://www.theiwsr.com/ March 10, 2022 Expanding beyond the typical beverage alcohol occasion is a key opportunity for the growth of the no- and low-alcohol category asserted Emily Neill, COO at IWSR, at a […]
OH: Ohio might make it easier to charge adults who ‘allow’ underage drinking
OH: Ohio might make it easier to charge adults who ‘allow’ underage drinking Cincinnati.com By Anna Staver, The Columbus Dispatch February 28, 2022 Parents “who turn a blind eye” to underage drinking would be easier to prosecute if a bill proposed by two Ohio Republicans becomes law. House Bill 418 would lower the legal threshold for charging […]
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 […]