Minimum alcohol unit price being considered
MINIMUM prices for each unit of alcohol and specific warnings on content are among the considerations in a major report due to be delivered to the Minister for Health.
Nearly all American adults with untreated alcohol use disorders don’t think they need treatment
A new report based on a national survey shows that only 1.2 percent of the nation's more than 7.4 million adults aged 21 to 64 with an untreated alcohol abuse disorder perceive they could benefit from treatment. The report released by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SA
Health warnings to be put on alcoholic drink cans, bottles
THE GOVERNMENT is preparing legislation that could see manufacturers of wines, beers and spirits forced to print stark warnings of the dangers of over-consumption of alcohol on bottles, cans and all promotional material.
Jessie J stunned by students’ antics at Trinity’s drunken bawl
Students at Ireland's Trinity Ball were given a tongue lashing this weekend over their drunken behaviour -- by a British pop singer they jetted in to perform at the event.
Health warnings on alcoholic drinks can and bottles to be implemented in Ireland
Alcoholic drinks cans and bottles sold in Ireland will soon carry stark health warnings similar to those on cigarette packets, the Irish Mail on Sunday can reveal.
Pregnant women could face ban on buying alcohol
An Aboriginal corporation in Central Australia says it wants to be allowed to ban pregnant women from buying alcohol. The Lhere Artepe Aboriginal Corporation owns three shops in Alice Springs and is concerned about the effects of foetal alcohol syndrome in babies.
Alcohol linked to 10% of cancer cases, study finds
REDUCING ALCOHOL intake would reduce the number of cancer cases in the Republic, the Irish Cancer Society has said. It was responding to the results of a major European study, published online by the British Medical Journal , which found that up to one in 10 cancers in men and one in 33 in women co
Irish Times – Alcohol ‘can increase cancer risk’
One in 10 cancers in men and one in 33 in women across Western Europe are caused by drinking, according to new research. While even small amounts increases the risk,…
Alcohol ’causes 13,000 cancer cases a year’
Alcohol causes about 13,000 cancers a year in Britain, according to a pan-European study published today (FRI) in the British Medical Journal.
Effects of a large reduction in alcohol prices on mortality in Finland
Page 1 of 2 Does a reduction in the price of alcohol result in an increase in deaths due to alcohol? This was the subject of a study following a significant reduction in taxes in Finland in 2004 (30% for spirits, 3% for wine).
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