NordAN (Denmark) – A call for change in Denmark’s alcohol culture: Lægeforeningen’s proposals for a healthier future
Denmark’s drinking culture has long been a topic of concern, and Lægeforeningen (the Danish Medical Association) is urging a national conversation and decisive actions to address the significant role alcohol plays in the lives of Danes of all ages.
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ERR (Estonia) – Growing alcohol consumption
among women worrying health promoters
According to statistics, each adult consumes an average of 11 liters of
pure alcohol per year. This equates to half a liter of vodka or two and a half
bottles of wine per week.
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ERR (Estonia) – Additional alcohol excise
tax hike canceled for next year
The Riigikogu Finance Committee has decided that the additional increase in
alcohol excise duty planned for next year will not take place.
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Ohio State News – ‘I don’t feel your pain’:
How alcohol increases aggression
Alcohol’s ability to increase people’s pain threshold is one reason that
drinking also leads to more aggressive behavior, a new study suggests.
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Sky News – Netherlands: Strong alcohol
banned for elderly residents in seniors home
An organisation in the Netherlands has decided that strong alcohol and
spirits should not be allowed in a home for senior residents for health
reasons.
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Psychology Today (Australia) – Gambling and
Alcohol Use in Australian Youths
Gambling and alcohol consumption are prevalent behaviours among Australian
youths and young adults, often leading to various social and health-related
harms.
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STV News (Scotland) – Calls to restore
funding in Budget to tackle alcohol-related problems
An organisation that works to reduce alcohol-related harm has called for funding
to be restored in the upcoming Scottish Budget.
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EASL (EU) – Alcohol Labelling: Why Are
Citizens Denied the Right to Know?
Tuesday 3 December 2024, will mark the launch event of the European
Awareness Week on Alcohol Related Harm (AWARH), hosted by Member of the
European Parliament (MEP) Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, former European
Commissioner for Health and Food Safety.
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Eurocare – Eurocare at CCFL48: Paving the
Way for Global Progress on Alcohol Labelling
As the only NGO with observer status at Codex dedicated to prevent
alcohol-related harm, Eurocare attended the CCFL48 in-person, to ensure public
health interests were represented during discussions on alcohol labelling.
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IAS Blog – “Outta sight, outta mind?”. What
do the public and professional stakeholders think about alcohol policy?
Alcohol policies are important
for reducing the negative effects of alcohol. The World Health Organisation
recommends that countries take steps to control how alcohol is priced,
advertised and sold.
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IAS (UK) – Alcohol-specific
deaths in England rise by 4.6% in 2023
Deaths from conditions wholly attributable to alcohol have increased by
4.6% from 2022 to 2023, reaching the highest number for the fourth year in a
row.
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Alcohol Action Ireland
– Who cares about cancer when there’s profit to be made? Certainly not the
alcohol industry
With political parties about to start the horse trading to form the next
coalition, during what is EU Alcohol Harm Awareness Week, Alcohol Action
Ireland (AAI) is calling on the next government to take a public health
approach to interactions with health-harming industries especially the alcohol
industry which produces, markets and sells a product that is a causal factor in
more than 200 disease and injury conditions.
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NordAN (Sweden) – Sweden:
Young people drink less – but spirits dominate when they do drink
Young people are consuming less alcohol overall, but spirits remain the
most popular choice for those who do drink.
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Alcohol and Cancer
(Spain) – 2024 cancer prevention recommendations in Spain: spotlight on
alcohol
The “Recomendaciones de prevención del cáncer. Actualización
2024” provides an essential update on strategies for reducing cancer risk
through evidence-based recommendations.
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Alcohol Awareness
(Norway) – The Third Glass
Av-og-til’s latest campaign, “The Third Glass,” delivers a powerful message
about how alcohol consumption affects children during the holiday season.
Narrated by Norwegian singer Maria Mena, this three-part Christmas story offers
perspectives from a mother, her child, and the grandmother during “Kvelden før
Kvelden,” Norway’s traditional family gathering the night before Christmas Eve.
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