Cut-price alcohol deals face ban
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Free and cut-price alcohol offers in Scottish shops will be made illegal, ministers announce.
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Nascar will allow liquor companies as sponsors for its Nextel Cup and other stock-car racing next season, ending a 30-year ban and creating a new funding source for racing teams.
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Irish smokers and drinkers fond of a  local pint had some of the chill taken out of their winter  after a national budget that left tax on alcohol and cigarettes  unchanged and cut duties for small breweries.
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A sweeping ban on beer advertising has become law in Russia in a move aimed at curbing Russians&#39; vast alcohol intake and changing attitudes to a beverage which the country officially terms a soft drink.
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Limited amounts of the world's most prized caviar will be allowed back on cocktail tables this year after the UN's watchdog on endangered species on Monday lifted a ban on international trade.
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Â· Crackdown on alcohol-related road deaths  Â· European safety figures show UK falling behind
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Doctors are calling for stricter alcohol laws in a bid to reduce the number of alcohol-related deaths.
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Health officials are considering new moves to crack down on smoking now that lighting up has been banned in bars. Increasing tobacco taxes tops the list as usual, but one new idea is to
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The owner of the All Bar One, Harvester  and O'Neills pub chains, Mitchells & Butlers, says government plans to ban smoking in many pubs could backfire.
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Poles wanting to raise a glass to the pope during his visit needed to stock up beforehand. Predominantly Catholic Poland banned the sale of beer, wine and liquor in some parts of the country during Pope Benedict XVI&#039;s four-day visit.
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NASCAR lifted its ban on liquor ads Wednesday, opening the door for teams to be sponsored by distilled spirits. &quot;We felt the time was right,&quot; NASCAR president Mike Helton said.
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Authority shows its WKD side The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a series of TV ads for "alcopops" WKD and Smirnoff Ice, citing "new rules and Guidance Notes" which came into force on 1 January 2005 "as a result of widespread concern about drinking behaviour among young people, including excessive or binge drinking and anti-social behaviour".â¦
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NASCAR lifted a decades-old ban on liquor ads on cars Wednesday, opening the door for teams to be sponsored next season by distilled spirits.
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Media & professional: Â· Radical shakeup proposed to limit bar on payouts  Â· ABI insists changes would not help consumer
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The home secretary says she is considering banning anyone under-18 carrying alcohol in a public place.
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New 24-hour drinking may have trebled alcohol-related admissions to inner city A&E departments, a study claims.
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EU judges are to make a ruling on alcohol and tobacco duties which could end the need for "booze cruises" from the UK.