SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting in the new year, the standard for levying liquor taxes on beer and raw rice wine has changed from a price-based “ad valorem” duty to forwarding volume-based “specific commercial duty” for the first time in 52 years.
The Scottish Government has given the green light to 'remote alcohol monitoring' and 'sobriety tags' after awarding a multi-million-pound security firms contract.
New guidelines have been released around “safe” alcohol consumption for Australians – and in a surprising move, they allow for double the amount of standard drinks than the previous guidelines.
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.An overzealous delivery driver twice refused to deliver liquor to a UK woman without an ID – despite the recipient being 92 years old.
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.
New Year’s Eve revellers are being warned of deadly fake alcohol before the big night tonight.
New Year’s Eve revellers are being warned of deadly fake alcohol before the big night tonight.
https://www.londonnewsonline.co.uk/health-warning-issued-over-fake-booze/The Local Government Association (LGA) warning follows council seizures of counterfeit vodka from shops and storage facilities, including 900 bottles of fake vodka seized from a storage facility in Greenwich in October.
Click to read article Ninety one per cent of teenagers say they will wait until 18 to try alcohol after participating in Smashed Project - the internationally acclaimed theatre-based education programme aimed at equipping them with the skills they need to counter peer pressure to drink alcohol.
Trần Thị Trang, deputy head of the Legal Affairs Department under the Ministry of Health, speaks to Tiền Phong (Vanguard) newspaper about the Law on Alcohol Harm Prevention and Control which will take effect on January 1, 2020.