Our occasional round up of alcohol headlines July 8th 2017
Alcohol Bill delayed again
As the alcohol industry uses money and influence to delay the alcohol bill yet again, Francis Black penned this excellent article on why the alcohol industry should not own the arts industry.
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Drink driving is increasing again
April this year was the worst month for drunk-driving offences in five years.
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Alcohol makes you fat!
TV presenter Amanda Byram on why she gave up alcohol, the women she sees drinking alcohol then wondering why they can’t lose weight.
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Media people, alcohol consumption went up in 2016 not down!
Loads of media reports, from the Irish Times to the Sunday Business Post fed by big alcohol that alcohol consumption is declining.
As you can see from the graph below, alcohol consumption went up 4.8% in 2016 and while we drink less than in Celtic Tiger times, we’re still drinking nearly three times more than the 1960’s
Alcohol industry now funding $100 million research trial and journalist training
Lots of controversy over the decision of the US NIH to accept funding from the alcohol industry as opponents claim
“Research shows that industry-sponsored research almost invariably favours the interests of the industry sponsor, even when investigators believe they are immune from such influence,”
The alcohol industry are now also sponsoring training for journalists. Given the way big alcohol influence the media this means we can expect even more treatment of alcohol as just another every day product which has no risks.
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Bigger wine glasses are encouraging us to drink more
The size of our wine glasses are increasing. 300 years ago the average size for a wine glass was just 65ml, now the average size is 450ml.
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