15 October 2019; www.stap.nl Today it was announced that there will be again a Holland Heineken House in Tokyo during the 2020 Olympic Games. This time it will be part of TeamNL Tokyo Center, a temporary Holland pavilion, where Dutch companies can present themselves during the Games in Japan. Heineken continues to organize in Holland … Read More →
Firms and bodies are casting doubt on health advice for expecting women to abstain from drinking The Guardian Denis Campbell Health policy editor Mon 14 Oct 2019 Alcohol firms and bodies they fund are encouraging women to drink in pregnancy – putting their unborn child in danger – by publishing false and misleading information about … Read More →
The Lancet Published: October 05, 2019DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(19)32265-2 Russians are officially drinking less and, as a consequence, are living longer than ever before: life expectancies reached an historic peak in 2018—almost 68 years for men and 78 years for women—according to a WHO report examining the effects of alcohol control measures on … Read More →
Boris Chapoton, Anne-Laure Werlen, Véronique Regnier Denois European Journal of Public Health, ckz163, September 2019 European citizens are the largest alcohol users in the world with an average of 11 l of alcohol per individual per year being used. This consumption practice usually begins during adolescence. Youths’ views of substances consumption are built upon socialization … Read More →
Press Release, September 23th Participants impressed with research results. Thursday, September 19, the conference “Digital Alcohol Marketing in the Spotlight” took place in Amsterdam. The conference was organised by the University of Amsterdam, The European Alcohol Policy Alliance (Eurocare) and the European Center for Monitoring Alcohol Marketing (EUCAM). Nearly 75 participants from a total of … Read More →
The Conversation; September 12, 2019 Unhealthy products – including junk food, alcohol and gambling – are leading causes of cancer, obesity, diabetes, mental illness and many social harms. In New Zealand, alcohol alone contributes to an estimated 800 deaths and costs the economy approximately NZ$7.85 billion each year. Two comprehensive reports, published by the Law … Read More →
The Sidney Morning Herald; By Dana McCauley ; September 11, 2019 The rise of online video gaming or “e-sports” has created an unregulated space for alcohol manufacturers to market their products to young Australians – including through “covert” sponsorship deals – a new study has found. Lead researcher Sarah Kelly, an associate professor of law … Read More →
The Sidney Morning Herald, by Dana McCauly, September 10 2019 A social media trend for “Instagrammable” alcohol like pink vodka, purple gin and craft whisky has been blamed for a 7 per cent spike in Australia’s consumption of pre-mixed drinks and spirits. Public health experts are demanding a crackdown on digital alcohol marketing after … Read More →
The Telegraph; Mike Wright 7 September 2019 • 9:00pm The advertising watchdog has been accused of giving the “green light” to alcohol brands to “blast” children with social media promotions following a groundbreaking ruling on an Instagram ‘influencer’. Alcohol charities raised the concerns after the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) dismissed complaints against the YouTuber Tanya … Read More →
Implementing the European Action Plan on Alcohol 8 years after the adoption of the WHO European Action Plan on Alcohol, the region has the highest prevalence of drinkers, heavy episodic drinking, alcohol consumption per capita, and the lowest proportion of abstainers, compared with other WHO region. www.thelancet.com/public-health Published online September 3, 2019 Francisco Goiana-da-Silva, David … Read More →