Browsing: Alcohol

Alcohol charities have criticised a new 99p shot from the company behind BuzzBallz, warning its cheap price and heavy marketing are designed “to appeal to children”.BuzzBallz,…

I read your article (Welcome to Anxietyland: I used alcohol to hide my fear – but booze became a very bad friend, 3 May) with the…

Governments in Europe should impose much higher taxes on alcohol and unhealthy food to tackle the continent’s 284,000 deaths a year from liver disease, experts say.Taxes…

Weight loss drugs could help people avoid getting addicted to alcohol, tobacco and drugs such as cannabis and cocaine, a study has found.They could also reduce…

Adam Levy 00:00 Hello, I’m Adam Levy, and this is Off Limits: Academia’s Taboos, a podcast from Nature Careers. In this episode: alcohol. Alcohol and academia…

People in Britain are drinking less alcohol than in previous years, according to reports.The average UK adult consumed 10.2 alcoholic drinks a week last year, the…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Christmas can be a boozy time of year…

One in three UK workers have called in sick after drinking at a work event or after hours with colleagues, research has found.Many staff feel under…

September 17, 20253 min readChimpanzee Consumption of Boozy Fruit May Illuminate Roots of Humanity’s Love of AlcoholWild chimps ingest the equivalent of multiple alcoholic beverages a…

Someone have a word with the chimps? Observations of the apes in the wild show them imbibing the alcoholic equivalent of a half pint of beer…