When Finland and Sweden joined the EU in 1995, one of the conditions was that the alcohol monopolies be broken up under Brussels competition rules.
It has emerged that the upcoming Public Health (Alcohol) Bill could block hairdressing salons and barbershops from offering free alcoholic drinks to customers in place of tea or coffee.
Reducing Australia's per-capita alcohol consumption by just one litre a year would drive a significant reduction in head, neck and liver cancer deaths.
TROUBLE IS BREWING in Leinster House with the government's announcement this week that it prioritising the controversial Public Health Alcohol Bill.
Facebook is testing a tool that lets people hide advertisements for alcohol.
The new decree clearly says that sales of liquors without permits is illegal.
WA Health Minister Roger Cook has flagged the idea of a minimum floor price for alcohol to stop retailers selling bargain-basement grog to binge and hardened drinkers.
Debra Selkirk's chances did not look good. Without a lawyer, without any legal training, she decided to take on the Ontario government in a constitutional fight over a difficult cause — whether patients should be denied desperately needed liver transplants because of their drinking.
The Zimbabwean government is planning to enact a law barring the sale of alcohol from Monday to Friday, some hours of the day and to expectant women, in order to curb abuse.
New legislation is aimed at both "de-normalising" the sale of alcohol and reducing impulse buying, which accounts for almost one-third of alcohol purchases, according to the vice-chairman of the association representing public health staff.