WORLDWIDE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS
Week 26, June 22 – 26, 2020
Welcome to another week of carefully curated highlights from Alcohol Policy News, Latest Science Digest, Big Alcohol Watch, a Upcoming Event Alert and another Special Feature.
This week, Alcohol Policy News deal with the ‘Loi Evin’ in France, the ‘Dietary Guidelines’ in the United States, the price tag for alcohol use disorder, and with WHO Europe’s Draft European Program of Work …
The Latest Science Digest covers the groundbreaking analysis of the pass-through rates of alcohol taxation, the relation between alcohol outlet density and alcohol use disorder in communities, and the power of health taxes…
In this week’s Big Alcohol Watch we expose the free beer scheme of the alcohol industry, reveal how Big Alcohol targets women and illustrate latest evidence about the failure of alcohol marketing self-regulation…
The Special Feature this week sheds more light on the indications for a new tidal wave of alcohol harm as consequence of COVID-19, building on factors fueling the alcohol burden already before the current pandemic…
Worldwide Alcohol Policy News
- France: Parliament Considers Weakening ‘Loi Evin’ to “Help” Sports.
Read the complete story here… - USA: Progress on Alcohol in ‘Dietary Guidelines’.
Read the complete story here… - Science Puts Price on Alcohol Use Disorder.
Read the complete story here… - WHO Europe: Comment on Draft European Program of Work.
Read the complete story here…
Worldwide Latest Science Digest
- Guest expert blog post by Ce Shang
“The Pass-Through Rates of Excise Taxes to Alcoholic Beverage Prices: New Evidence from OECD Countries”
Get to the full blog post here…
- “The Pass-Through of Alcohol Excise Taxes to Prices in OECD Countries”
Get to the digest of the Research article here… - “Microecological Relationships Between Area Income, Off‐Premise Alcohol Outlet Density, Drinking Patterns, and Alcohol Use Disorders: The East Bay Neighborhoods Study”
Get to the digest of the Original article here… - “Harnessing the power of health taxes”
Get to the digest of the scientific analysis here…
Worldwide Big Alcohol Watch
- Big Alcohol Bets on Free Beer After COVID-19 Lockdowns.
Read the whole story here… - How Big Alcohol Converts Women to Alcohol.
Read the whole story here… - Australia: Alcohol Marketing Self-Regulation Fails to Protect Youth.
Read the whole story here…
Worldwide Special Events Update
Alcohol pricing in the WHO European Region: results from the update report on the evidence and recommended policy actions
WHO Europe Online Webinar
Date: Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Time: 9.45 – 11.30 CEST
To sign up, please send your full name, job title, organization and contact details to oleiniko@who.int.
Get to the program of the webinar here…
Special Feature
COVID-19 and the Tidal Wave of Alcohol Harm
In countries around the world, communities are raising concern about factors emerging that are forming a perfect storm driving alcohol and other drug use disorders to higher rates than ever seen before – the pandemic, unemployment, distress, heavy alcohol burden to begin with, as well as diminished personal and community support services for people affected by substance use problems.
Mental health experts are anticipating a steep rise in alcohol harm, opioid abuse, suicides, domestic violence and depression that could rival the toll from COVID-19 itself. All this is by political design, as law makers favor Big Alcohol’s profits over communities’ health services.
- USA: Tidal Wave of Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders Coming.
Read the complete story here… - Norway: Wave of Substance Use Disorder Predicted after COVID-19.
Read the complete story here… - COVID-19 in Scotland: Doctors Report Alcohol-Fueled Spike in Liver Damage.
Read the complete story here… - Consuming Alcohol Alone: COVID-19, Lockdown, and Alcohol-Related Harm.
Read the digest of the scientific editorial here…
