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NIQ: Weekly Alc Sales Pull Back -- Again; But It Won't Last Forever
NIQ is reporting that during the four weeks ending June 6, Total Alcohol remained below year-ago levels. Dollar sales reached $8.7 billion, declining 4.4% vs the year-earlier level, while case volume totaled 170.8 million, down 5.9% vs a year earlier.
On a weekly basis,
DISCUS on Study Featured by Washinton Post
Yesterday we spent some time analyzing a paper that attempted to estimate the effect of drinking on health. That study, which had been featured in a sympathetic story in the Washington Post, was based on the study funded by the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Preventing Underage Drinking.
We asked Amanda
Another Paper Finds Lighter Drinkers Have Lower Risk of Death Than Abstainers
Less than a week after we reported on actual research into death rates associated with drinking, The Washington Post reported on a paper published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol & Drugs that estimated mortality.
You'll recognize the difference in our terminology. Last week we reported on