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Alcohol 'protects men's hearts'
(BBC 19/11/2009)
Drinking alcohol every day cuts the risk of heart disease in men by more than a third, a major study suggests. The Spanish research involving more than 15,500 men and 26,000 women found large quantities of alcohol could be even more beneficial for men. Female drinkers did not benefit to the same extent, the study in Heart found. Experts are critical, warning heavy drinking can increase the risk of other diseases, with alcohol responsible for 1.8 million deaths globally per year.
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Drink prices crackdown 'to hit whisky exports for £600 million'
(The Scotsman 05/11/2009)
WHISKY chiefs have made the extraordinary claim that the SNP's policy of minimum pricing on alcohol will cost the flagship Scottish industry a massive £600 million a year in lost export sales. As MSPs meet today to debate the controversial alcohol crackdown, the Scotch Whisky Association claimed that the plans would wipe out 20 per cent of the entire overseas market. They claim that foreign countries will use Scotland's own minimum price policy to enact their own "copycat" measures
Only cheapest booze hit by pricing plans
(The Scotsman 05/11/2009)
A SCOTTISH Government survey of drink prices has shown that minimum pricing will target cheap, high-strength products while leaving others untouched. For example, a bottle of the Famous Grouse, one of the cheapest branded whiskies on the supermarket shelves, would stay at £12, because the minimum price for a bottle containing drinks at 40 per cent alcohol by volume (ABV) is set at £11.20. Those whiskies which would increase to that level would be supermarket brands.
Alcohol consumption rate falling say landlords
(The Scotsman 19/10/2009)
ALCOHOL consumption is falling at its fastest rate for six decades, according to pub landlords. The British Beer and Pub Association said that in the first half of this year, the amount we consume per head went down by more than 8% to 3.81 litres. This is the steepest drop in alcohol consumption since 1948,when it fell by 11% in a year. The amount has been falling since a peak in 2004. If the current trend continues by the end of the year it could drop to the same level we consumed a decade ago.
Teen alcohol crackdown 'success'
(BBC 16/10/2009)
Thousands of teenagers had a total of 5,171 litres of alcohol confiscated in a summer crackdown on binge drinking, the government has said. As part of a £1.4m campaign, more than 3,500 youngsters in 69 "priority areas" of England were stopped between July and September. The Conservatives said the scheme had made no real difference to the problem. However children's minister Dawn Primarolo said the campaign was a "success story".
Doctors target suspects to expose problem drinkers
(The Scotsman 08/10/2009)
Doctors were asked to single out people for whom they thought alcohol may be an issue, and discovered that three-quarters of those they targeted drank "hazardous" amounts. In the last year, 6,500 "brief interventions" have been carried out by doctors - a scheme whereby someone whose primary or secondary health complaints could in some way be related to drinking alcohol to excess is quizzed and then given recommendations.
Sober Swedes
(BBC 06/10/2009)
Over recent months there's been a steady stream of stories about the damage caused in Scotland by widespread alcohol abuse. But what's the solution? Perhaps we should look north-east, to a country very similar to our own, but with far fewer alcohol-related problems: Sweden. Research has shown that, given the opportunity, both Scots and Swedes binge drink. Yet the average Swede consumes 9 litres of pure alcohol per year, compared with 12 for the average Scot.
Lothian has Scotland's worst rate for excessive drinkers
(The Scotsman 06/10/2009)
MORE people in the Lothians drink too much than anywhere else in Scotland, it has been revealed. New figures show four in 10 men and 32 per cent of women exceed the recommended weekly alcohol limit - the highest in the country. Local health chiefs believe pockets of deprivation in the Lothians are at the root of the problem, but this does not explain why the average is higher than areas such as Strathclyde Safe limits which has the highest proportion of drink-related deaths.
Families are subsidising binge drinkers
(Telegraph 28/09/2009)
Dr Chris Record claims that the use of loss-leader alcoholic drinks by supermarkets to pull in shoppers means they have to charge more for basic items to make a profit. He claims that means that heavy drinkers - that make up just 30 per cent of the total - are benefiting from the policy at the expense of everyday families and more moderate drinkers. Dr Record, argues that moderate drinkers are footing the bill for a minority to drink to excess.
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