Salvation Army and public health experts alarm at increases in high-strength alcohol on our shelves
+Undoctored Media release from Alcohol Healthwatch Friday 26 February 2021, 08:45 AM 2 minutes to Read Public health experts and social service and addiction services are alarmed at data released today from Statistics New Zealand showing rapid, substantial increases in the amount of alcohol on the shelves in the second half of 2020. This indicator represents the amount of alcohol excise paid by alcohol companies and is a proxy measure for the population’s drinking. Dr Nicki Jackson, Executive Director of Alcohol Healthwatch, and Lt Colonel Lynette Hutson, director of Salvation Army...
Source: nzdoctor.co.nz
