Alcohol and drug related news from Nordic and Baltic area - week 25/2012

Kane County Chronicle (Sweden) - Swedish roots on display at Good Templar Park

St. Charles resident Brian Wright, 24, was looking forward to competing in the Lutefisk Toss at Sunday's 102nd annual Swedish Day festival at Good Templar Park in Geneva.

eGov monitor (Estonia) - EU Health: Health Institute: premature death rate of Estonian men is unnatural

Estonian Health Development Institute head Maris Jesse said at a round table meeting in the parliament on Friday that the premature death rate of Estonian men should not be viewed as a national characteristic, it should be considered unnatural and has to be reacted to, LETA/Public Broadcasting reports.

Baltic Business News (Estonia) - Survey: state loses a hundred million to grey economy

According to a survey of the Estonian grey or shadow economy made by the Estonian institute of economic affairs,  the state is losing considerable amount as consumers say that about 8 percent of their total spending on goods and services is obtained from the black market.

The Copenhagen Post (Denmark) - FC Copenhagen and Carlsberg accused of promoting alcohol to kids

Alcohol watchdog Alkohol & Samfund is accusing FC Copenhagen, one of Danish professional sport's most visible teams, of promoting alcohol to children at schools and on the internet by organising a programme in which  players visit schools in Greater Copenhagen to meet children, sign autographs and have their pictures taken with them.

Drug and Alcohol Review (Finland) - The Finnish drinking culture: Change and continuity in the past 40 years

Weekly drinking and the frequency of moderate drinking increased among both women and men but proportionately more among women and among respondents aged over 30 years. Amounts drunk per occasion and intoxication increased proportionately more among women and younger respondents.

Addiction (Finland) - Drinking habits and disability retirement

To examine associations between drinking habits and disability retirement, and to find out whether the associations differ between all-cause disability retirement and the main causes of disability retirement, i.e. musculoskeletal diseases and mental disorders.