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News: Industry education opposed; UK deaths surged on; Youth drinking survey; Alcohol-free beer goes country…
Feature: A health conscious life should be more carefree, argues editor Phil Cain
Memes: Some serious points made digestible
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Industry opposed: Health advocates are urging universities and schools to join a movement to drive the alcohol industry from any influence on public health advice on drinking. The i-Mark scheme has already had success in Ireland.
UK deaths surge on: The number of alcohol-specific deaths in the UK rose by 4% in 2022 to ten thousand, the highest on record. This was 33% above the level seen in the last year before the pandemic. Australia and the US are similar.
Youth drinking: Most 15-year-olds in Europe, central Asia and Canada had experimented with alcohol, a WHO survey found, with Denmark the highest. England performed the worst among 11 and 13-year olds.
Country road: US craft brewing company Athletic Brewing has partnered with country singer-songwriter Walker Hayes to promote its new non-alcoholic beer much as other producers do with alcoholic products.
MUP uprated: Scottish parliament backed a plan to increase minimum unit price from 50p to 65p to take account of inflation since it was first devised. Scotland’s alcohol death rates are now closer to those of England.
Uganda hike:Public health advocates in Uganda are pressing for a 35% increase in alcohol tax, citing the positive results seen after a quantum leap in alcohol taxes in Lithuania in 2017.
Aged fast: The Ontario Chief Medical Officer’s call for the province to explore increasing the legal drinking age from 19 to 21 was immediately quashed by Premier Doug Ford, who once campaigned on the slogan “buck-a-beer”.
Feature A health conscious life should be more carefree
Being health conscious–by minimising alcohol, for instance–dramatically reduces our reasons for worry, but an unhelpful level of perfectionism can make us less carefree than health risk deniers.
Meme stocks: Some serious points put in digestible form
The ”great pyramid illusion” and the invisi-fish made a mockery of absurd arguments about advertising loopholes. And, reviving a mock lable theme first used in 2018, alcohol is useless, and do not drink alcohol for health point out alcohol’s lack of utility value.