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Lithuania - Prime Minister: Excise increase on light alcoholic beverages will not encourage smuggling (13.6.13)
Lithuania’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said that the Government’s provisioned increase of excise rate on light alcoholic beverages will not be an excuse to encourage smuggling, the Ba
Finland – Restriction on alcohol advertisement on cards (11.6.13)
The Health and Social Services Minister, Susanna Huovinen, on Monday said that the authorities have successfully been able to bring down alcohol consumption in the country by 10 per cent in recent
Ireland - Sport booze ban plan gets rejected by Dail committee
The Government’s plans to ban alcohol companies sponsoring sports games took a blow yesterday as a Dail committee rejected the proposals.
The police are pushing for a ban on the sale of alcohol over the internet in the Czech Republic, which last year saw dozens of deaths caused by illegally produced spirits.
CONTROVERSIAL proposals to ban alcohol sponsorships of sporting events are to be discussed by ministers next week, writes Fiach Kelly. Perhaps call that taxi after all - new research has has found that more than one in three designated drivers have had a drink and most had blood-alcohol levels high enough to affect their driving.
In the UK, you can purchase and drink alcohol in bars, restaurants, cafes, at the cinema, at the theatre and on planes and trains. However, how often have you had the urge for a pint while driving
Alcohol beverages soon could have nutritional labels like those on food packaging, but only if the producers want to put them there.
Alcohol policy changes between 1981 and 2011 seem not to have had noticeable influence on alcohol drinking or drunkenness among the under-aged in Finland. Conspicuous increases seen in population t
New figures published yesterday revealed just under 26,000 people were admitted to hospital 38,724 times last year with conditions relating to alcohol abuse.
Harmful drinking features prominently in Russia's public policy for good reason: The country has the world's fourth-highest rate of per capita alcohol consumption. Alcohol misuse has been a major
Alcohol-related deaths cost society some one billion euros annually. Every year alcohol costs Finns about 25,000 years of life, according to a report in the regional Sunday supplement Sunnuntaisuom
Alcohol beverages soon could have nutritional labels like those on food packaging, but only if the producers want to put them there. The alcohol industry has developed and regulates its own guidelines regarding advertising. A new study has investigated the ability of panels to find consensus around code violations. One in four MPs thinks parliament, where the price of alcohol is subsidised, has an unhealthy drinking culture.
Chech Republic - Police pushing for ban on online alcohol sales (12.6.13)
Ireland - Varadkar aims to delay alcohol sponsor ban (11.6.13)
UK - One in three designated drivers drink alcohol before getting behind the wheel (10.6.13)
UK - One for the road? The hidden risks of roadside alcohol availability (5.6.13)
US - Coming soon? Nutritional labels on alcohol (1.6.13)
Finland - Alcohol Policy Changes and Trends in Adolescent Drinking in Finland from 1981 to 2011 (
UK - Drinkers put strain on National Health System (29.5.13)
Russia - How to Reduce Harmful Drinking (27.5.13)
Finland - Paper: Alcohol deaths cost a billion annually (2.6.13)
US - Coming soon? Nutritional labels on alcohol (1.6.13)
Alcohol advertising pre-disposes young people to have favorable attitudes toward drinking (18.5.13)
UK - Parliament too alcohol fuelled, say MPs (17.5.13)