NordAN (Denmark) – Only
one in five Danes knows that even small amounts of alcohol increase the risk of
cancer
It’s not just heavy drinkers who are at risk of alcohol-related illnesses,
warns the Danish Cancer Society (Kræftens Bekæmpelse). Alcohol can be harmful
to health in large quantities—a fact that likely won’t surprise most people.
However, few Danes associate alcohol with cancer, and most are unaware that
even a small amount of alcohol can increase the risk of developing the disease.
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The Conversation – Alcohol
may help you fall asleep faster, but it leads to a worse night’s rest overall –
here’s why
Alcohol is often used as a sleep aid – with some people crediting a
“nightcap” with helping them fall asleep more easily. But while it might be
nice to unwind after a long day with a glass of wine or a beer, alcohol may not
be as beneficial for sleep as some think. In fact, it may actually lead to a
worse night’s sleep overall.
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CEPR (Spain) – Raising
legal drinking ages: An opportunity to improve European educational outcomes
Teenage drinking remains widespread in Europe. To address concerns about
its negative effects on health and cognition, many European countries have
raised their minimum legal drinking age from 16 to 18 in recent decades.
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American University – Dry
January and a Changing Relationship with Alcohol
JR Denson, alcohol and other drugs prevention specialist at the Center for
Well-Being, explains why more people are starting the year sober and offers
tips for powering through the rest of the month.
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NL Times (Netherlands)
– More flight crew members caught under the influence of alcohol last year
Last year, the police caught ten cabin crew members and one pilot with too
much alcohol in their system at Schiphol Airport – the highest number since the
police started keeping track in 2012. All 11 of them faced hefty fines. The
police did not disclose nationalities or the airlines involved, RTL Nieuws
reports.
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Yale Daily News – Unmasking
alcohol: Yale experts debate alcohol’s cancer risk and labeling implications
In 2020, the American Cancer Society highlighted alcohol as the third
leading preventable cause of cancer. According to U.S. Surgeon General Vivek
Murthy MED ’03 SOM ’03, more than half of Americans aren’t aware of the cancer
risk that alcohol presents to society, drawing concern given the drink’s
protagonism in celebrations, social traditions and marketing campaigns.
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Monash University
(Australia) – Investigating trends in alcohol and other drugs in injured and
fatal road crashes over a decade: study
Published in the journal Injury Prevention, the largest study of its kind
conducted in Australia examined substances present in 19,843 injured drivers
and 1,596 fatally injured drivers and found methylamphetamine had the highest
prevalence, found in 12.3 per cent of fatalities and 9.1 per cent of injured
drivers, demonstrating an increase over time.
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University of
Wisconsin–Madison – Communities that experience mass shootings drink more
alcohol in the aftermath, a new study finds
Public mass shootings in the United States increase alcohol sales in the
affected communities for years afterward, according to new research from the
University of Wisconsin–Madison.
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Fresh Balance (UK) – “Alcohol
is everywhere”. The public has its say.
A striking 82% of people in our region believe alcohol is a significant
problem both regionally and nationally, according to a Balance survey. And one
in five (22%) reported a negative impact from alcohol on their life in the past
year alone, stemming from either their own drinking or someone else’s.
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IAS Blog – Latest
Welsh research shows minimum pricing remains a cornerstone of alcohol harm
reduction
Almost five years after minimum unit pricing (MUP) for alcohol was
introduced in Wales, the final evaluation report on the measure demonstrates
why it is needed as much as ever.
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IAS Blog – Do
alcohol ‘sobriety tags’ reduce reoffending?
Alcohol monitoring tags – or ‘transdermal alcohol monitoring devices’ –
were rolled out in 2020 and have been used for people serving criminal
sentences in the community whose drinking contributed to their offending and
therefore subject to an alcohol abstinence monitoring requirement for up to 120
days.
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NordAN (Iceland) – Health
and prevention organizations in Iceland believe the State can save billions by
preventing private alcohol sales
Let us be fiscally responsible in public operations – savings
recommendations from a broad coalition of health professionals, prevention
organizations, and others in the consultation portal on January 21, 2025.
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NordAN (Finland) – THL
published scenarios on the impacts of smoking and alcohol use on public health
over the next decade
The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) has examined the development
of diseases related to smoking and alcohol consumption under different
scenarios. The findings indicate that reducing smoking and alcohol use can
significantly improve the health of Finns.
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