25-YEAR STUDY LINKS DAILY GLASS OF WINE TO LOWER DIABETES RISK
25-YEAR STUDY LINKS DAILY GLASS OF WINE TO LOWER DIABETES RISK Source: https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/ by Lucy Shaw 14th December, 2020 A 25-year study has found that consuming an olive oil-rich Mediterranean diet and a glass of wine a day lowers the risk of type 2 diabetes in women. A Mediterranean diet and a glass of wine […]
LA: Drive Sober campaign will save lives this holiday season
LA: Drive Sober campaign will save lives this holiday season Shreveport Times December 12, 2020 With a pandemic-altered holiday season, putting the merry in Christmas this year might be a little harder than usual, but don’t turn to alcohol to cope. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says there is an increase in DUIs and […]
SAMHSA Communities Talk to Prevent Underage Drinking Initiative
SAMHSA: Communities Talk to Prevent Underage Drinking Initiative Communities Talk SAMHSA December 9, 2020 SAMHSA’s eighth round of its Communities Talk to Prevent Underage Drinking initiative is set to launch in January 2021. Focusing on preventing alcohol misuse remains important because among Americans under age 21, alcohol is the most frequently used substance, used […]
Modernized Alcoholic Beverage Regulations Spur Label Updates
Modernized Alcoholic Beverage Regulations Spur Label Updates Packaging Digest By Evangelia Pelonis, Arturo Reyes December 9, 2020 Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, this past Spring, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury published a final rule to modernize existing regulations for alcoholic beverages — 85 Fed. Reg. 18704 […]
Evaluating the relationship between alcohol consumption, tobacco use, and cardiovascular disease: A multivariable Mendelian randomization study
Evaluating the relationship between alcohol consumption, tobacco use, and cardiovascular disease: A multivariable Mendelian randomization study MEDLinx Rosoff DB, Smith GD, Mehta N, et al December 7, 2020 Researchers assessed potential total as well as direct causal roles of alcohol and tobacco use on cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors and events, by using a broad […]
ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION DUE TO FALL BY 8% IN 2020
ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION DUE TO FALL BY 8% IN 2020 Source: https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/ Eloise Feilden 7th December, 2020 Despite scenes of consumers bulk-buying alcohol at the start of the pandemic, Covid will lead to a global reduction in alcohol consumption by 8% in 2020, according to the IWSR, writes Eloise Feilden. The IWSR forecast covers 20 key […]
On this day in 1933, America ended prohibition
On this day in 1933, America ended prohibition By Kelly McCleary and Leah Asmelash, CNN Pour one out for prohibition. The amendment banning the production, importation, sale and transportation of alcohol in the United States ended on this day in 1933. WRCB TV 3 December 5, 2020 Pour one out for prohibition. The amendment banning the production, […]
IWSR: Are People Really Drinking More During the Pandemic?
IWSR: Are People Really Drinking More During the Pandemic? Source: IWSR December 5, 2020 In the early days of Covid-19 lockdown, reports of consumers panic buying beverage alcohol led to the impression that people were drinking more than usual during the pandemic. Although pantry loading behaviour soon tapered off, many industry watchers were asking themselves, […]
Why the Link Between Cancer and Drinking Isn’t Well Known
Why the Link Between Cancer and Drinking Isn’t Well Known Less than half of Americans are aware that alcohol is a carcinogen InsideHook By Kirk Miller December 3, 2020 Outside of the well-known “glass of red wine might be good for your heart” theory — which is possibly not true — alcohol isn’t considered a part of a healthy […]
Less than half of Americans know that alcohol is a carcinogen. Big Booze wants to keep it that way.
Less than half of Americans know that alcohol is a carcinogen. Big Booze wants to keep it that way. Source: https://thecounter.org/ by Jessica Fu 12.01.2020 The alcohol industry regularly spreads misinformation to obscure booze’s cancer link. Public health groups are demanding label warnings to give consumers clarity. In retrospect, researchers Erin Hobin and Timothy Stockwell shouldn’t […]