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		<title>Alcohol claims 600 000 deaths in Russia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Up to 600 000 russian die every year from alcohol-related causes. This is the conclusion in a study published in The Lancet. &#8220;Excessive alcohol consumption in Russia, particularly by men, has in several recent years caused more than half of all the deaths at ages of 15-54 years,&#8221; the Lancet article said. Russian men has a life expectancy of 59 years, and alcohol in believed to be a major cause of this low figure. Alexander Nemtsov, a department chief at the Moscow Research Institute of Psychiatry, says to Reuter that ...]]></description>
		<link>http://sobereurope.com/2009/07/07/98/</link>
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		<title>Norwegian women drink more</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Norwegian womens level of drinking is soon equal with men, shows a new report from the The Norwegian Institute for Alcohol and Drug Research. Young adult women in Oslo, the capital, drinks the most. Even though men still drink more than women, the difference has decreased. The percentage that are abstainers are stable, but those who drink are doing it more often and more.
Mimicking men
- Women are “mimicking” men. Since the male drinking pattern are more accepted in society, women takes after mens drinking habits, and not the other way ...]]></description>
		<link>http://sobereurope.com/2009/06/02/norwegian-women-drink-more/</link>
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		<title>Minimum alcohol pricing would save thousends of lives</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The discussion about minimum alcohol pricing in Britain goes on. Prime minister Gordon Brown has earlier said that this was out of the quesion since it after his opinon would &#8220;punish the majority of responsible drinkers&#8221;. But several researcher now says that a measure like this would be effective in curbing alcohol consumption in Britain. A moderate drinker would not be very affected by a minimum price. Researchers at Sheffield University says that  a 50p per unit minimum would add just £12 a year to the drinks bill of ...]]></description>
		<link>http://sobereurope.com/2009/05/23/minimum-alcohol-pricing-would-save-thousends-of-lives/</link>
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		<title>Youth Health Initiative</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The European Commission has started up a project trying to reach young people, and encourage them to be active partners in promoting their health.
The chief aim of the project is
*  To prioritise the health of children and young people in Europe.
* To highlight important health-related youth issues that the Commission is working on, including healthy life-styles, education, workplace, media and healthy environments.
A website has been set up here.
A 2-day conference will be held in Brussels in cooperationm with the European Youth Forum on 9 july. Around 400 people are ...]]></description>
		<link>http://sobereurope.com/2009/04/16/youth-health-initiative/</link>
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		<title>Commision report concludes higher alcohol prices would reduce consumption</title>
		<description><![CDATA[DG Sanco released on april 6th a report concerning the affordability of alcoholic producs across Europe, and of the potential impacts of affordability on harmful use of alcohol. The report was conducted by Rand, a nonprofit research organisation, for the European Commission.
The major findings in the report is
There has been a decline in the real value of alcohol excise duty rates across the EU
The real value of excise duty rates for most alcoholic beverages has gone down since 1996 in the vast majority of EU Member States. Notable exceptions are ...]]></description>
		<link>http://sobereurope.com/2009/04/09/commision-report-concludes-higher-alcohol-prices-would-reduce-consumption/</link>
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		<title>Many employees at pubs have drinking problems</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A study where 200 employees at pubs and nightclubs in Stockholm has showed that half of those between 20 and 25 years have so big drinking problems that they could have need for treatment. The average in the whole population is three precent. 74% of men and 84 percent of women was categorized &#8220;risky alcohol habits&#8221;, 33 percent of men and 40 percent of women could also placed in the group &#8220;problmatic alcohol habits&#8221; and 14 % of men and 16 % of women was seen to have &#8220;very problematic ...]]></description>
		<link>http://sobereurope.com/2009/03/30/many-employees-at-pubs-have-drinking-problems/</link>
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		<title>Passive drinking: a concept whose time has come</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Britains Chief medical officer, Sir Liam Donaldson, published his annual report last week where he among other things advocated minimum prices on alcoholic beverages. In the report he also put much emphasis on the harm alcohol use have on others than the drinker him- and herself.

In the effort of curbing smoking second-hand smoking or passive smoking has been one of the strongest arguments. Donaldson says that when he in an earlier report called for passive smoking to be taken seriously it was because common knowledge was not being translated into ...]]></description>
		<link>http://sobereurope.com/2009/03/27/passive-drinking-a-concept-whose-time-has-come/</link>
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		<title>Heavy episodic drinking up among european youth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ESPAD &#8211; the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs &#8211; released their report for 2007 on march 26th. Data is collected on substance use among 15-16 ear old european in 35 countries. This is the fourth report of it`s kind.

Among the findings are that 82% of the students have drunk alcohol last 12 months, 61 last 30 days, which are more or less the same as in previous studies. Heavy episodic drinking have increased though from 35% in 2003, to 42% in 2007. During the last 15 ...]]></description>
		<link>http://sobereurope.com/2009/03/26/heavy-episodic-drinking-up-among-european-youth/</link>
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		<title>Scottish licensing bil delayed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While Gordon Brown has spoked against a minimum prize on alcohol, the SNP government in Scotland has included it in their plans for reducing alcohol harm in Scotland. Originally it was ment to be brought forward as part of a combined Criminal jsutice and Licensing Bill. But after coming under pressure from opposition the minority government has decided to separate the two. This means that the changes probably will be delayed.
Besides a minmum prize, the SND government also propose to ban discount deals on alcohol and restrict the display and ...]]></description>
		<link>http://sobereurope.com/2009/03/25/scottish-licensing-bil-delayed/</link>
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		<title>Finland raises alcohol taxes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After Finland lowered their alcohol duties in 2004 with 33% they experienced a rapid increase in consumption and harm from alcohol use. Police reported of an 25% increase in drunk-driving, alcohol-ralated violence increased with 20% the year after the tax reduction, and consumption increased with around 20%.
Since then taxes has been raised, and now the finish governement again has announced an a ten per cent increase from october. Duties on spirits will rise more than those on mild beverages.
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		<link>http://sobereurope.com/2009/03/25/finland-raises-alcohol-taxes/</link>
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