Are your booze bottles adding up a bit quicker lately? You aren’t alone. According to the BC Liquor Distribution Branch, sales went up 40 per cent in March, when the COVID-19 crisis began to take hold.
A new study from the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research at the University of Victoria, suggests bright-coloured warning labels on bottles could help counter a rise in alcohol consumption, especially under the stress of the pandemic.
In 2017, about 300,000 labels were applied to alcohol bottles and cans at liquor stores in Whitehorse, the country’s highest-drinking region. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] The labels carried health warnings and the national drinking guidelines: two daily