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Increasing calls for the introduction of warning labels on alcoholic beverages have occurred after tobacco packaging warning messages proved successful. [4] The addition of warning labels on alcoholic beverages is historically supported by organizations of the temperance movement, such as the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, as well as by medical organisations, such as the Irish Cancer Society.
The new alcohol warning advised by Murthy calls on Congress to update product labels to notify consumers of an increased risk of cancer in the breast, colon, throat, liver, voice box, esophagus ...
To help lower alcohol-related cancer risk, the Surgeon General recommends that cancer warnings be placed on the labels of alcoholic beverages, including beer and wine.
Even advocacy groups supportive of more warnings about alcohol acknowledged the effort faces serious challenges.
The alcohol industry around the world has also campaigned to remove laws that require alcoholic beverages to have cancer warning labels. [189] A 2019 survey conducted by the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) showed that only 45% of Americans were aware of the associated risk of cancer due to alcohol consumption, up from 39% in 2017 ...
Laboratory experiments have shown how alcohol leads to cancer. When alcohol is metabolized in the body, it breaks down into a chemical called acetaldehyde that can attach itself to DNA. The ...
The Alcoholic Beverage Labeling Act warning on a beer can The warning on a wine bottle. The Alcoholic Beverage Labeling Act (ABLA) of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, Pub. L. 100–690, 102 Stat. 4181, enacted November 18, 1988, H.R. 5210, is a United States federal law requiring that (among other provisions) the labels of alcoholic beverages carry an alcohol warning label.
The U.S. surgeon general is calling for cancer warning labels on alcohol.. In early January 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services released an advisory warning that drinking alcohol is ...