Excise tax on cigarets and alcohol to double and quadruple in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan Minister of Economy and Budget Planning Yerbolat Dossayev explained the coming raise of the excise tax on alcohol and tobacco.
60 percent of Kazakhstan's alcohol traffic in shadow
60 percent of all the alcohol consumed in Kazakhstan comes from the shadow market.
Mexico ships first load of premium tequila to China
Mexico on Friday sent its first shipment of 100 percent blue agave tequila to China, hoping to finally break into what sellers say could soon be their second biggest market.
Young women who drink face higher breast cancer risk
Young women who drink alcohol every day may be raising significantly their risk of breast cancer.
Seven die, 41 are hospitalized in Cuba after drinking methanol
Seven people died and 41 were hospitalized in Havana after drinking illegally sold lab alcohol.
Spain raises taxes on alcohol, tobacco
The Spanish government, which is struggling to cut one of the eurozone's largest public deficits during a double-dip recession, on Friday raised taxes on tobacco and alcohol.
Kazakhstan 7th in world by vodka consumption
Kazakhstan is in top 10 alcohol consumers after Russia, the U.S., Ukraine, Poland, Uzbekistan and Belarus.
Two dead, two critically ill from Australian homebrew
Two men are dead and two others critically ill after reportedly drinking home-brewed alcohol in Australia's Queensland state.
Women more at risk than men of smoking, drinking: study
Women who smoke and drink heavily are at a higher risk of early death than men who do the same.
Kazakhstan mulls raising excise duty on alcoholic beverages
Minister of Economic Affairs and Budget Planning: Russia’s Finance Ministry suggested synchronizing the excise duty policy with regards to alcoholic beverages.
Egypt faces social pressure to end alcohol sales
Egypt's liquor stores are under growing pressure to stop selling alcohol, they say, not from the country's Islamist government, but from society itself.
Reese Witherspoon arrested: report
Oscar winner Reese Witherspoon was arrested for disorderly conduct in the US state of Georgia after authorities detained her husband for drunk driving.
Health gap in Europe wider than ever
Life expectancy in Russia has marked time since the collapse of the Soviet Union but risen in its former eastern-bloc allies.
Alcohol causes a quarter of Europe road deaths
Alcohol abuse is responsible for around a quarter of the 30,000 people who die in road accidents across the European Union every year.
Kazakhstan citizens drink most alcohol in Central Asia
Kazakhstan is Number One in Central Asia by alcohol abuse.
Alcohol pipeline unearthed on Kazakhstan-Kyrgyzstan border
Smugglers have been pumping ethyl alcohol from Kazakhstan to Kyrgyzstan via a self-made pipeline since 2008.
Kazakhstan steps up control over Czech and Polish liquors
Kazakhstan has followed other countries in enhancement of control over import of liquors from the Czech Republic and Poland.
Qantas pilot tests positive for alcohol
A Qantas Airways pilot failed an alcohol test after being removed from the controls of a passenger flight just minutes before take-off over concerns she had been drinking.
Indonesian police arrest 62 over Ramadan bar attack
Indonesian police said Monday they had arrested 62 people, most of them minors, involved in attacking a bar in south Jakarta for serving alcohol during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan.
Every fifth Kazakhstan citizen is an alcoholic: expert
The official numbers can be easily multiplied by 10: expert.
