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The proportion of those failing a breath test has not fallen significantly, figures from the latest police drink and drug campaign and enforcement drive show.

The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) announced that 4,857 (5.8%) of the 83,224 drivers tested during the month long campaign in June 2012 tested positive, refused or failed a breath test. Although a slight improvement on the 6% rate the previous year, ACPO said they are „disappointed“ that a small proportion are refusing to the get the message about the dangers of drink and drug driving. ….
(Source: Alcohol Policy UK, 07/25/12)

Dar es Salaam. Tanzania yesterday launched a nationwide campaign to tackle excessive drinking.The government’s initiative against irresponsible drinking has the backing of local brewers and is supported by international organisations with the United States Agency for International Development (Usaid) being its major financier.
The campaign will mainly be conducted through radio programmes. The campaign, dubbed Chonde Chonde! Ulevi Noma! (Please, alcoholism is dangerous), is a six-month drive that will end in September this year.
“For example, people who drink excessively more often have unprotected sex than those who do not or those who drink responsibly. Tacaids (The Tanzania Commission for Aids) lists alcohol consumption as an important factor in HIV/Aids prevalence.”
According to the Tacaids HIV Prevention Strategy for Tanzania Mainland (2009), men who drink have an HIV prevalence rate that is three times higher than those who do not drink. The prevalence rate is twice higher among women who drink than those who don’t. (Source: Alcohol Reports, 03/08/11) thecitizen.co.tz, 03/03/11

In response to increasing attacks by industry on the rights of states to regulate the sale, distribution, and transportation of alcohol, Marin Institute has launched a new campaign: State Control. This campaign is designed to help protect the authority granted to states by the 21st amendment, guaranteeing their right to use regulation to protect their citizens from the public health dangers presented by an unregulated alcohol industry. Please visit our new State Control campaign page here.

The Portman Group, the organisation for UK drinks producers, has launched a campaign to raise awareness of the strict standards imposed on the alcohol industry by its Code of Practice.
A series of full page ads in the media will highlight the rules and invite people to be on the look-out for any irresponsible alcohol products or marketing campaigns by drinks producers. (Source: Alcohol Reports, 12/02/10) alcoholreports.blogspot.com, 12/02/10 Comment: Self regulation of the industry never works. And this is the best way to make people aware of alcohol advertising. Clever indeed.

Visit this NHTSA website for information and materials your organization can use in support of their national enforcement crackdown campaign initiative. (Source: Join Together, 8/21/09) trafficsafetymarketing.gov/

The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence-New Jersey (NCADD-NJ) launched a new advocacy and media campaign, which includes a proposal for a five-cent excise tax increase on beer to raise $7.5 million for addiction treatment. (Source: Join Together, 5/19/05)

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It’s not often that teenagers, parents, prevention specialists, liquor retailers, and law-enforcement officials come together over the issue of underage drinking, but more than 2,000 community volunteers in Illinois recently rallied around a campaign to discourage adults from buying alcohol for kids. (Source: Join Together, 5/1/09) (with some good comments)

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ACTIVE launches CONTENT MATTERS campaign to shed light on the truth about alcohol.
Rap stars sing about it, sportsmen and women celebrate their biggest victories with it, women prove their attractiveness with it and teenagers worship it as sign for ultimate coolness – we all witness every day the glamorous side of alcohol. In the face of this picture, a fake picture, ACTIVE – sobriety, friendship and peace launches today its campaign “Content Matters”.
The campaign is financially supported by the Council of Europe. It promotes and fosters its priorities of youth participation and youth as preventers of violence all across Europe. Content Matters addresses the fact that alcohol and violence are strongly connected. The ACTIVE campaign aims on bringing this truth to a broad public. The main topic is youth and their concerns but the contributors are people of all ages who want to express themselves about the topic. From April till November 2009 they all have the chance to write and tell their stories, to shoot pictures, to create slogans and graphic designs bringing attention to the problems and links of alcohol, violence and youth participation. The final product of the campaign will be a book with hundreds of stories, the best photos and designs – promoting message that Content Matters. (Source: Active, campaign homepage, 4/21/09)