1 INTERNATIONAL DIGEST PROMOTING THE RESPONSIBLE PROMOTION OF ALCOHOL Contents Vol. 56, No. 2, January 2021 (Click on an item/ page no. to be taken directly to your choice of article) News from around the world 2 PACTS calls on Government for major drink Medical News driving review 16 Effects of different patterns of alcohol consumption WSTA Launches low and no alcohol labelling on risk of mortality, major cardiovascular events, guidance cirrhosis, and cancer 3 The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Mediterranean Diet Polyphenols: Anthocyanins - Harm relaunches implications for Health 6 Drinkaware issues precautionary advice for the Covid-19 vaccine Cardioprotective effect of red wine and grape 17 pomace 7 Alcohol sponsorship of football in Scotland Speaker pledges more low and no drinks in Grape compounds able to block a key enzyme in Parliament’s post-Covid bars the Covid-19 virus Global Drugs Survey 2020 18 Dietary patterns and chronic kidney disease risk 8 Record number of Britons to take part in dry Predictors of frailty and vitality in older adults aged January 19 75 years and over Scotch Whisky Action Fund - Tackling alcohol- Eating and drinking habits and its association with related harm obesity in Japanese healthy adults 9 New rules on alcohol sales in Ireland introduced Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beer modulate plasma In Lockdown, younger adults and adults with and macrophage microRNAS differently a high BMI drank more ate less healthily and Focus on the beneficial effect of polyphenols and exercised less, in the UK 20 other compounds in wine and beer 10 Consumption of low and no alcohol drinks The role of bioactive phenolic compounds on the increases in 2020 21 impact of beer on health Campaign promotes French gourmet food Melatonin in wine and beer pairings, wines and sensible drinking Beneficial effects of polyphenols on American Dietary Guidelines published 22 neurodegenerative diseases 11 Alcohol or drugs a factor in more than half of The beneficial effects of principal polyphenols from Canada’s snowmobile fatalities green tea, coffee, wine, and curry on obesity US move to extend or make permanent to-go Association between tobacco and/or alcohol cocktails consumption during pregnancy and infant Monitoring the Future 2020 report 23 development 12 Alcohol-impaired driving & risky driving during The effect of red wine in modifying the salivary COVID-19 in the United States, 2020 24 pellicle and modulating dental erosion kinetics Pernod Ricard focus on the low-alcohol category launching 20% abv gin and whisky Social and Policy News Fewer Canadians self-report drinking and driving, Predictors of receptivity to an alcohol intervention but risk-taking remains a concern even with among mandated students 13 lower traffic volumes in 2020 25 Shiftwork and alcohol consumption Drinkwise Australia campaign focuses on Year 12 Changes in the price of alcohol and effect on youth pupils 26 drinking and in different socio-economic groups 14 New campaign highlights risks of drinking Detachment, peer pressure, and age of first alcohol during pregnancy substance use as gateways to later substance use ASA releases new Alcohol Advertising and A new perspective on European drinking Promotion Code in New Zealand cultures: a model-based approach to determine 27 Cross-border alcohol: the revision process of the variations in drinking practices among 19 15 EU Directive European countries Diageo rolls out new guidance on labels in the Understanding the influence of eating patterns UK 28 on binge drinking 106-year-old Covid survivor says secret to long life is whisky www.alcoholinmoderation.com www.drinkingandyou.com AIM DIGEST JANUARY 2021 - NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD 2 South Africa Zimbabwe AIM Digest President Cyril Ramaphosa has Supermarkets in Zimbabwe Frampton House are no longer permitted to sell Frampton, Dorchester reinstated the ban on the sale Dorset DT2 9NH of alcohol in South Africa. 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All rights reserved. have been extended for another Material may be reproduced with attribution to AIM. month. www.alcoholinmoderation.com www.drinkingandyou.com AIM DIGEST JANUARY 2021 - MEDICAL NEWS 3 Effects of different patterns of alcohol consumption on risk of mortality, major cardiovascular events, cirrhosis, and cancer Jani BD, McQueenie R, Nicholl BI, Field R, Hanlon P, associated with lower risk of mortality and vascular Gallacher KI, Mair FS, Lewsey J. Association between events among regular alcohol drinkers, after adjusting patterns of alcohol consumption (beverage type, for the effects of average amount consumed. Selection bias and residual confounding are important possible frequency and consumption with food) and risk limitations. These findings, if replicated and validated, of adverse health outcomes: a prospective cohort have the potential to influence policy and practice study. BMC Medicine 2021;19:8. doi.org/10.1186/ advice on less harmful patterns of alcohol consumption. s12916-020-01878-2. Forum Comments Authors’ Abstract Forum member Skovenborg wrote: “I agree that Background: Alcohol consumption is a leading contributor to death and disability worldwide, but this new paper, based on the large UK Biobank previous research has not examined the effects of dataset, is very interesting and well done, as are different patterns of alcohol consumption. The study the protocol, the dataset and the analysis leading objective was to understand the relationship between to the authors’ cautious conclusions. As a matter different alcohol consumption patterns and adverse of fact, the paper is a good example of the kind of health outcomes risk, adjusting for average amount study that many of us have long been asking for: consumed among regular drinkers. evaluating how factors other than just the weekly Methods: This was a prospective cohort study of UK amount of alcohol consumption may contribute to Biobank (UKB) participants. Abstainers, infrequent the health consequences of drinking. I have noted alcohol consumers or those with previous cancer, that even with non-drinkers excluded