Africa: Regulators target social cost of alcohol

Africa: Regulators target social cost of alcohol But bids to limit the damaging effect of the liquor industry are meeting spirited resistance.   Mail & Guardians By Lisa Steyn July 31, 2015 The department of trade and industry and the medical community face an uphill battle over proposed changes to the regulation of the money-spinning […]

Incoming students required to complete alcohol, sexual assault

Incoming students required to complete alcohol, sexual assault   Northern Illinois University July 30, 2015 All incoming new students – freshmen and transfers – must complete mandatory online education designed to improve their understanding of the critical issues regarding sexual assault, interpersonal violence, stalking and bystander intervention, as well as the prevention of alcohol misuse. […]

Can you REALLY get drunk from inhaling alcohol? FEMAIL tries out bizarre new craze for getting tipsy by just breathing in booze… instead of drinking it (excerpt)

Can you REALLY get drunk from inhaling alcohol? FEMAIL tries out bizarre new craze for getting tipsy by just breathing in booze… instead of drinking it (excerpt)   Daily Mail By Caroline Mcguire For Mailonline July 30, 2015 At Alcoholic Architecture customers inhale booze through alcoholic vapour Alcohol absorbs into eyeballs and lungs so you […]

Russia tightens regulations on alcohol

Russia tightens regulations on alcohol   Since June 2015, distribution of many everyday goods, such as toothpaste and cleaning products, is a complicated case in Russia. New federal regulations on alcohol consumption state that products containing over 0.5 percent alcohol are subject to licensing.   Source: Barents Observer Elizaveta Vassilieva July 28, 2015   Russia […]

Women who consume just FIVE alcoholic drinks around the time of conception ‘at greater risk of having an obese child’

Women who consume just FIVE alcoholic drinks around the time of conception ‘at greater risk of having an obese child’       Drinking five standard alcoholic drinks around conception increases risk     Scientists discovered alcohol altered the development of lab rat’s foetuses     Warn before the egg implants alcohol consumption can be damaging     Found […]

Stricter alcohol laws prevent ‘hazardous’ drinking

Stricter alcohol laws prevent ‘hazardous’ drinking   Source: The Spirits Business by Annie Hayes 30th July, 2015   Study reveals stricter legal alcohol regulations have a “preventative effect” on young men, except those who exhibit “a tendency towards sensation-seeking or anti-social behaviour”.   The national study by the University of Zurich revealed the more legal […]

New Bill Seeks $48M For In-Vehicle Alcohol Detection

New Bill Seeks $48M For In-Vehicle Alcohol Detection   Manufacturing.net By Melissa Fassbender, Editor July 28, 2015 A new bill has been introduced that would provide funding to the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) as part of a collaborative research effort to prevent drunk driving injuries and fatalities.   According to […]

First Taco Bell to Sell Alcohol Agrees to Have Bouncers

First Taco Bell to Sell Alcohol Agrees to Have Bouncers   Source: DNAinfo By Alisa Hauser July 29, 2015   The owner of the nation’s first booze-serving Taco Bell has agreed to hire a security guard to watch the door on weekends and to stop selling liquor by midnight when it opens next month.   […]

Does the shape of your glass affect how a beer tastes? (Excerpt)

Does the shape of your glass affect how a beer tastes? (Excerpt)   Like premium lager and craft beer, branded glassware is on the rise. Can the shape of your tankard really affect the taste of your tipple, asks Jonathan Wells                                     Source: The Telegraph By Jonathan Wells 29 Jul 2015   There’s nothing better […]

Poll finds people with higher incomes drink more

Poll finds people with higher incomes drink more   Source: The Spirits Business by Annie Hayes 28th July, 2015   Eight out of 10 upper-income, educated adults in the US say they consume alcohol, compared with half of lower-income Americans, poll results have revealed.   According to Gallup’s annual poll of American consumption habits, income […]