The ACT is leading a campaign supporting the introduction of mandatory pregnancy health warnings on alcoholic beverages. Minister for Health and Wellbeing, Meegan Fitzharris presented the case for such warnings at the Australian and New Zealand Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation last week.
With barely half of Maryland adults (55 percent) reporting consuming alcohol in the past 30 days, Comptroller Peter Franchot’s focus on increasing alcohol production, sales and consumption without review of the health consequences and costs is misguided.
There is an ‘association’ between drinking and advertising but it isn’t causal, Alcohol Beverages Australia tells inquiry.
The alcohol lobby has said there is no evidence its advertising causes young Australians to drink more, as it fights attempts to implement wide-ranging marketing restrictions in New South Wales.
West Virginia high school students can submit entries in an annual state-sponsored contest on the dangers of drinking and driving and underage alcohol consumption.
The West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Administration is accepting essay or video entries for the NO School Spirits contest through Dec. 22.
The state consistently ranks among the country’s worst states for rates of binge drinking and alcohol-related fatalities. In 2012, Montanans reported driving drunk at nearly twice the rate of the national average, and more than 20 percent of residents admitted to drinking excessively within a 30-day period.
A major Spanish brewer is acquiring a minority stake in one of Colorado's best-established craft-beer makers, suggesting that it has an eye on selling Avery's products internationally.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – It's been five years since Indiana’s Lifeline Law took effect. Now, officials are once again trying to promote awareness of the legislation, while also touting its impact.
A minimum price for alcohol in Wales could hit drinkers on low incomes and lead to some young people turning to drugs, a think-tank will tell AMs.
GRAND RAPID, MI - The distillers of finely crafted spirits, Breakfast Gin and Breakfast Rye, are caught up in a name-calling fight for their not-just-for-breakfast drinks.
Makers of Breakfast Gin are trying to stop Grand Rapids' Gray Skies Distillery's December launch of its latest whiskey, Breakfast Rye.Montgomery County Council members on Tuesday put off weighing in on controversial state alcohol bills before the public can comment at hearings next week.