Category: Alcohol, Tobacco & Drugs Events

Beer, Holiday Ale Fest, Portland: December...

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Annually at Pioneer Courthouse Square in Downtown Portland, Oregon, the Portland Holiday Ale Fest is five days of fun and beer tasting for adults (21 and over. No children allowed) between Thanksgiving an...

January

Eggnog Month, Ntl.: December

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The Merriam-Webster Dictionary says eggnog is a drink made of eggs, sugar, milk or cream and often includes liquor. Nog is an old English dialect word (from East Anglia) of obscure origins that was used...

January

Impaired Driving Prevention Month, Ntl.: D...

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National Impaired Driving Prevention Month aims to raise awareness about the dangers of drunk and drugged driving. Scheduled during the holiday season when parties are commonplace, this event is declared...

January

Repeal Day (1933): December 5

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Repeal Day celebrates the end of the Prohibition in the United States, December 5, 1933. The thirteen years of Prohibition were marked by a rise in civil delinquency and organized crime, but also the lo...

January

Smoking, Take a New Year's Resolution to S...

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This is the year to finally become a quitter if you're a smoker. Each year PPSI sets aside a six week period to help you plan and finally kick this expensive and destructive habit during Take a New Year's...

January

Eggnog Day, Ntl.: December 24

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Christmas Eve is also National Eggnog Day, but what exactly makes up the milky concoction anyway? The Merriam-Webster Dictionary says eggnog is a drink made of eggs, sugar, milk or cream and often inclu...

January

Champagne Day, Intl.: December 31

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New Year's Eve: December 31

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Apple Tree Day (US/UK): January 6

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Apple Tree Day is a British folk custom as ancient as Christmas and part of the celebration of epiphany. Of distinction is the practice of wassailing, or apple howling. Wassail is a traditional word indi...

January

Beer Can Appreciation Day (1935): January...

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It was on January 24, 1935 that the beer can we know today, a radical change from glass bottles, went on sale. Beer Can Appreciation Day marks this anniversary. The packaging concept was created by Krue...

January

Bloody Mary Day: January 1

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The 18th Amendment and the Russian Revolution are responsible for the favorite hangover cocktail cure known as the Bloody Mary. The 18th Amendment forced Americans who enjoyed libations overseas to find...

January

Bootlegger's Day, Ntl.(1899/1920): January...

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Bootleggers are smugglers, sometimes distillers, who bring in alcoholic beverages where they are either taxed or prohibited. National Bootlegger's Day marks two distinct anniversaries on January 17th. T...

January

Cigarettes Are Hazardous To Your Health Da...

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Cigarettes Are Hazardous To Your Health Day marks the anniversary of Surgeon General Luther L. Terry's issuance of a report on January 11, 1964 that declared cigarettes to be hazardous to health. In his o...

January

Dry January (UK/US): January

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Formerly Sober January, this event began in the United Kingdom in 1942 and has since become popular in the United States as well. The objective of Dry January is to abstain from alcohol for the entire mon...

January

First Foot Day (UK): January 1

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First Foot Day, Scottish in origin, celebrates the first-foot (the first dark haired gentlemen), to cross the threshold of a home on New Year’s Day. This person is seen as the bringer of good fortune for...

January

Ginuary: January

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Ginuary is a celebration of all things gin worldwide with each day set aside for a new way to enjoy gin. The month celebration seems to have come out of nowhere with no specific origin. No matter, Aussie...

January

Irish Coffee Day, Ntl: January 25*

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Irish Coffee Day in January is one of two such events. The second is November 10, and marks the 1952 anniversary of the Irish Coffee arriving in the United States and becoming one of the world’s most belo...

January

Kombucha 'Booch' Day, Ntl: January 15

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Kombucha or 'Booch' is a fermented tea that has become to millennials what the martini is to the Great Generation and coolers to GenX. It's basically the 'it' alcohol beverage. And like all things millenn...

January

Non-Smoking Week, Ntl. (CA): January 19-25

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National Non-Smoking Week (NNSW) is one of the longest running initiatives in Canada’s ongoing public health education efforts. The week is designed to help those who want to quit smoking, quit. It is org...

January

Pharmacist Day, Ntl.: January 12*

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On National Pharmacist Day, we're encouraged to show our appreciation for the important work pharmacist do. This is an unofficial event with no sponsor. Also see World Pharmacists Day and American Pharma...

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