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QT “Minimum unit pricing was introduced to improve the health of heavy drinkers but Public Health Scotland has concluded that it compounded their misery by depriving alcoholics of money for bills and groceries.” thetimes.co.uk/article/minim…
Australia’s drinking culture is improving. Harmful drinking continues to decline: from 22% in 2004-05 to 16% in 2017-18. Keep up the good work Australia!
There have been significant improvements across some main risk factors for #chronicdisease - smoking & drinking. See more in the National Strategic Framework for Chronic Conditions, reporting framework: indicator results fal.cn/3ovfh
#ChronicCondition #ChronicIllness
Another study reinforcing the positive effects of moderate consumption that controls for so called “sick quitters” medicalxpress.com/news/2021-…
When Minimum Unit Pricing demonstrates it wasn't the silver bullet it advocates said it was, their proposed solution is to raise the rate even higher 🤦♂️ "Deaths caused by alcohol at highest level since 2008 in Scotland" theguardian.com/society/2021…
Alcohol consumption continues trend to moderation in latest report - via @drinkstrade drinkstrade.com.au/alcohol-c…
Latest data shows continued responsible drinking trends - The Shout theshout.com.au/latest-data-…
QT The Stats Guy: "That Australian cliché (drink more) wasn’t true....cafes and restaurants sales declined by 31 per cent. Australians didn’t take their drinking game to the next level to cope but merely changed the sales channel thenewdaily.com.au/finance/c…
Cheers to that! Half a million jobs were lost in hospitality at the height of lockdowns, so anything to lift vaccination rates and avoid that happening again is welcome news
UPDATE: Free beers for vaccinated patrons at the Prince Alfred Hotel in Port Melbourne are back on after the TGA reversed its decision tonight. Read the latest here: heraldsun.com.au/coronavirus…
Congrats to @RetailDrinks for its leadership and to @IARDnews for taking this initiative global “Retail Drinks Australia ‘leads the way’ as global standards for online alcohol sales are introduced” theshout.com.au/retail-drink…
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“Respecting adults’ personal preferences and cultural differences are important considerations that require the same level of sensitivity and action as preventing minors seeing alcohol marketing online”. Alcohol ad restrictions welcomed by industry brewsnews.com.au/2021/05/25/…
The people who sell and serve our drinks are true story tellers and tourism ambassadors for the many regions and towns where they are made. Congratulations to the winners and all who nominated - via @TheShoutNews theshout.com.au/retail-drink…
"Let’s allow facts, rather than vague opinions, to apply when it comes to providing information on Australia’s relationship with beer, wine and spirits" via @drinkstrade drinkstrade.com.au/aba-says-…
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The facts don’t lie
Facts, not opinions.
Treatment episodes fall as Australians moderate alcohol intake bit.ly/3bpZXJp
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Great news out of industry's partnership approach with social media to allow users more control over alcohol ads with YouTube US trial now going global. Watch this space for further developments
Pleased that @Google has expanded its controls to let users limit alcohol ads; we worked with Google on this significant feature. It launched on YouTube in the U.S. & has today expanded to YouTube globally. Google plans to extend it to Display and Google ads globally in Q3 2021.
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@AlcoholBevAust encourages government to recognise cultural shift in alcohol consumption via @drinkstrade drinkstrade.com.au/aba-encou…