Expert: Drink consumption will fall if minimum price brought in
Alcohol consumption has dropped in Canada by between 3%-8% after minimum prices were introduced, a leading expert has said.
Alcohol consumption has dropped in Canada by between 3%-8% after minimum prices were introduced, a leading expert has said.
Business Affairs Correspondent ON WEDNESDAY, C&C-owned Bulmers Ltd announced that it was leaving its prices unchanged, in spite of recent increases in fuel and raw material costs.
LEVELS OF mortality from cirrhosis of the liver have doubled in the last 15 years as a “direct result of alcohol consumptionâ€, a leading consultant on gastroenterology has said.
When it comes to discouraging alcohol sponsorship in sport, the federal government is putting its money where its mouth is - offering $25 million in replacement sponsorship deals if sporting bodies cut ties with big booze.
Almost 30 charities, community groups and organisations representing medical staff have joined forces to call on the government to introduce minimum pricing for alcohol.
A new drug and alcohol court, designed to tackle the underlying causes of crime, has been launched in Auckland today. The trial is the result of years of work by District Court judges, the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Health.
Minister of State at the Department of Health Alex White will open Alcohol Action Ireland ’s conference, “Time Please... For Change ”, at the Royal College of Physicians Ireland (RCPI), Dublin 2,…
From The Scotsman By JOHN ROBERTSON Published on Thursday 25 October 2012 02:11 AN attempt to block the Scottish Government ’s controversial alcohol minimum pricing legislation has been delayed until the…