WORLDWIDE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS
Week 18, April 26 – May 03, 2020
Welcome to another week of carefully curated highlights from Alcohol Policy News, Latest Science Digest, and Big Alcohol Watch.
This week, Alcohol Policy News come from the Netherlands, Australia, Sweden, and the WHO European Region…
The Latest Science Digest covers issues of unequal effects of others’ alcohol use on women, and the role of a rearing environments for risk to develop alcohol use disorders later in life…
The Big Alcohol Watch exposes how the political activity of the alcohol industry to weaken alcohol laws in the United States, as well as unethical alcohol marketing during the COVID-19 public health crisis…
This week’s Special Feature sheds more light on alcohol harm during the COVID-19 crisis…
Worldwide Alcohol Policy News
- Cultural Contexts of Alcohol Use in WHO Europe Region.
Read the complete story here… - Sweden: Youth Welcome Parental Talks About Alcohol.
Read the complete advocacy success story here… - Northern Territory, Australia: MUP Proven to Be Effective.
Read the complete story here… - Netherlands: Alcohol Policy Best Buys Save Healthcare Costs.
Read the complete story here…
Worldwide Latest Science Digest
- “Cross-Sectional Surveys of Financial Harm Associated with Others’ [Alcohol Use] in 15 Countries: Unequal Effects on Women?”
Get to the digest of the research article here… - “The Rearing Environment and the Risk for Alcohol Use Disorder: A Swedish National High-Risk Home-Reared v. Adopted Co-Sibling Control Study”
Get to the digest of the research article here…
Worldwide Big Alcohol Watch
- USA: Big Alcohol Uses COVID-19 to Change Alcohol Laws.
Read the whole story here… - Australia: Shocking COVID-19-Theme Alcohol Marketing.
Read the whole story here…
Special Feature
Latest: Alcohol harm during COVID-19 crisis
- Sweden: Estimating COVID-19 Crisis Effects on Alcohol Harm.
Read the complete story here… - Norway: More Youth Use Alcohol to Cope with COVID-19 Crisis.
Read the complete story here… - Switzerland: Health Workers, Poor And Unemployed At Higher Risk of Alcohol Harm.
Read the complete story here… - Germany: Political Leaders Say Alcohol Jeopardizes Phyiscal Distancing.
Read the complete story here… - Belgium: Alcohol Use Falls Under COVID-19 Lockdown.
Read the complete story here… - Google, Facebook, Twitter Join Forces Promoting Addiction Recovery.
Read the complete story here…
