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Vol. 25 No. 1 April 2009 Contents (Click on an item/ page no. to be taken directly to your choice of article) This month’s edition features an article by Dr Erik Skovenborg on the recent ‘Expert Report on Lifestyle and Cancer’ on P 3. The article explores evidence on which reasonable recommendations for women’s drinking can be based. This month also saw the publication of the latest results from the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and other Drugs (ESPAD)that monitors trends of adolescent substance use in European countries and to compare trends between countries. The report is on P 14. News from around the world • College men unimpressed by female binge drinkers Article: Expert report on lifestyle and cancer - 19 findings for alcohol by Dr. Erik Skovenborg, • The health and economic consequences of Scandinavian Medical Alcohol Board 3 moderate alcohol consumption in Germany Medical news • Pioneering move from Scottish and Newcastle - lowering the alcohol content of an established • Abstracts related to alcohol consumption brand 20 presented at the American Heart Association • Vinexpo survey finds that women say wine and Council on Epidemiology & Prevention healthy diet go together Annual Meetings, March 11-14, 2009 7 • UK Chief Medical Officer calls for minimum • Support network may play role in benefits pricing on alcohol and targets ‘passive drinking’ 21 of drinking - Heart risks are found to be less • Minimum pricing will receive full public pronounced in highly social men 8 consultation in Scotland • Alcohol and pancreatic cancer risk • UK consumers continue to cut wine spending 22 • Drinking patterns, dependency and life-time • EFRD publish guidelines for Internet, for drinking history in alcohol-related liver disease 9 Digital and Mobile Marketing • Effects of beer, wine, and liquor intakes on • Italy -Young people are increasingly aware of bone mineral density in older men and women 10 the dangers of drink driving • Wine drinkers have reduced risk of gullet • ETSC ‘Safe and Sober Talk’ cancer 11 • Alcohol lock legislation update 23 • Moderate drinking stimulates endorphin • Study on the affordability of alcoholic beverages release in the EU • Extracts from the Institute on Lifestyle & • Distillers limit adverts to 9pm watershed in Health Boston University School of Medicine Australia Annual Report: 2008 12 • Interim report on the commitments to the EU • Older drinkers more affected by alcohol Alcohol and Health Forum by brewers 24 • New website offers tools to assess and address Social and Policy news drinking risks • Key extracts from the report on trends in • Éduc’alcool launch unique platform to help alcohol use among 15-16 year olds in 35 young people grasp the impact of alcohol abuse 25 European countries 14 • Red wine polyphenol has positive effect on brain function www.aim-digest.com www.drinkingandyou.com NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD AIM Digest Switzerland Belgium PO Box 2282 The Council of States, the upper Belgian Minister of Public Health, BATH, BA1 2QY, UK chamber of the Swiss government, Laurette Onkelinx, has decided T: +44 (0)1225 471444 has voted in favour of a ban on to completely prohibit the sale of F: +44 (0)1225 427444 alcohol advertising on Swiss alcohol to young people under the E: [email protected] television. 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