Researchers from Australia and the UK are calling for a new approach to the debate over whether alcohol industry sponsorship of sports increases drinking among sports participants. They want to shift the burden of proof to the alcohol industry.The debate over sports sponsorship saw renewed activity last year when the findings of a 2008 New Zealand study among sports participants showed that those who...
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Health Researchers Call For Alcohol Industry To Prove No Harm In Funding Of SportsResearchers from Australia and the UK are calling for a new approach to the debate over whether alcohol industry sponsorship of sports increases drinking among sports participants. They want to shift the burden of proof to the alcohol industry.The debate over sports sponsorship saw renewed activity last year when the...
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Extreme policies of prohibition and the current permissive strategies are both counter-productive. A nuanced approach involving the regulation of alcohol availability and a rigorous enforcement of public health perspectives and legislation is needed.Alcohol consumption is a significant contributor to the burden of disease in India and is a major public health concern.Alcohol production and use: The...
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A study of heavy drinkers consuming hundreds of units of alcohol a week found they were buying cheaper drink than most other people.One study author said it was "likely" a minimum price for alcohol, as proposed by the Scottish government, would cut these problem drinkers' consumption.Respondents paid an average of 43 pence per unit of alcohol - less than the Scottish average of 72 pence.The research,...
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Alcohol Misuse Among Adolescents Linked to Polymorphism of the µ-opioid ReceptorThe association between a polymorphism of the µ-opioid receptor (OPRM1) gene and alcohol misuse among adolescents has been examined in a new genetic study.Results suggest that teens who carry the G allele (A118G) of the OPRM1 gene are at increased risk for alcohol problems because they experience alcohol as more pleasurable...
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are advocating an outright ban on the alcohol industry's sponsorship of sports, which they believe should be replaced with a dedicated alcohol tax.British and Australian scientists have called on governments to outlaw the practice, citing their highly publicised 2008 study that showed alcohol-industry sponsorship of elite and community sport was associated with hazardous drinking among athletes.Kypros...
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substance is being developed which will give the high of alcohol without the negative effects like a hangover or liver damage.Controversial ex Government drugs tsar Professor David Nutt is the man behind the unique creation.“I am working on a prototype of a synthetic alcohol. We can make someone feel pleasantly inebriated then reverse it,” The Sun quoted him as saying.He added: “We have a partial alternative...
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substance is being developed which will give the high of alcohol without the negative effects like a hangover or liver damage.Controversial ex Government drugs tsar Professor David Nutt is the man behind the unique creation."I am working on a prototype of a synthetic alcohol. We can make someone feel pleasantly inebriated then reverse it," The Sun quoted him as saying.He added: "We have a partial alternative...
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are advocating an outright ban on the alcohol industry's sponsorship of sports, which they believe should be replaced with a dedicated alcohol tax.British and Australian scientists have called on governments to outlaw the practice, citing their highly publicised 2008 study that showed alcohol-industry sponsorship of elite and community sport was associated with hazardous drinking among athletes.Kypros...
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Alcohol is the “gateway drug” that remains the greatest threat to society, and the Government’s failure to address the problem epitomises its disregard for scientific evidence, Professor David Nutt said yesterday.Professor Nutt said that the comparison he made between the harm caused by alcohol and Ecstasy, which led to his dismissal as head of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, was incontrovertible....
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