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Alcohol-related crashes fall after blood-alcohol threshold lowered: Utah’s pioneering lowering of its blood alcohol threshold for impaired driving to 0.05% from 0.08% was associated with close to a 9% reduction in alcohol-related crashes over the next four years. Read more
US household alcohol spending share lowest in four decades: Alcohol accounted for an average of 0.77% of US household expenditure last year, the lowest share since the data series in 1984, Bloomberg reports. Read more
UK Chancellor in pint-downing publicity stunt: UK Chancellor John Healey, 66, yesterday downed a pint and held the empty glass upside down over his head, shortly after announcing a Budget in which he maintained alcohol tax the same in real terms. Read more
Last month’s highlights:
Alcohol Review – Issue 127, October 29th 2026
In this issue: Alcohol tax, an “incredible opportunity”; EU health committee’s “deeply problematic” language; Medical coding under-records alcohol involvement; Alcohol-associated disability rise; WHO launches brief intervention hub; Alcohol-frees no boost to cutting down ■