On December 3, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) signed a Memorandum of Understanding formalizing procedures to process whistleblower reward claims under internal revenue laws administered and enforced by the TTB.
Many vapers say they feel safe using e-cigarettes despite the recent outbreak of lung injuries, new survey data shows.
About 77 percent of e-cigarette users say they believe vaping is healthier than smoking cigarettes and 60 percent say it is healthier than drinking alcohol.Americans are drinking less beer, encouraged by trends like Dry January. But brewers like Molson Coors Beverage and Heineken are trying to use the monthlong sobriety challenge to promote their beer.
Click to read article An overzealous delivery driver twice refused to deliver liquor to a UK woman without an ID – despite the recipient being 92 years old.
"In 36 years, I've carried way too many bodies out of road ditches," Emmet County Sheriff Mike Martens said. A new study found that Iowa has the nation's 16th highest rate of drunk driving arrests. Iowa's rate of DUI/OWI arrests in 2018 was 375.2 per 100,000. The national average was 330 per 100,000.
According to Jarrett Hart and Julian M. Alston, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of California, Davis, “Global consumption patterns for alcoholic beverages are evolving, with some convergence in per capita consumption among nations, as traditionally beer-drinking nations increase their consumption of wine and, conversely, wine-consuming nations shift towards beer.”
Oklahoma City, OK - The Oklahoma Attorney General said a law requiring liquor store owners to live in the state is likely unconstitutional. In an opinion, A.G. Mike Hunter said the law in the state constitution requiring liquor store owners and wholesalers to have lived in the state for at least five years is unenforceable.
(Reuters Health) - For people with atrial fibrillation, abstinence from alcohol may make the heart beat better.
It’s been a year since grocery stores in Colorado began selling full-strength beer. That’s led to a rise in beer sales, but local liquor stores say they’re struggling to compete.
ALBERTA, Canada - Liquor store thieves are running rampant in Alberta to the point of threatening the viability of their workforce, says the CEO of a large booze retailing chain.