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Alcohol packaging warning messages (alcohol warning labels, AWLs [1]) are warning messages that appear on the packaging of alcoholic drinks concerning their health effects. They have been implemented in an effort to enhance the public's awareness of the harmful effects of consuming alcoholic beverages, especially with respect to foetal alcohol ...
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 a warning label.
English: Figure 1. Intervention alcohol warning labels (actual size 5.0 cm × 3.2 cm each). The label intervention included three rotating labels: (a) a cancer warning, (b) national drinking guidelines, and (c) standard drink information (four separate labels were developed for wine, spirits, coolers, and beer; wine example shown above).
Experts say it's time to update the warning labels on alcohol. Here's what could change to make them more effective. Alcohol warning labels haven’t changed in 35 years.
Reduce or refuse alcohol. Drink less — or not at all. ... choosing an alcohol-free option might be the path they select,” Kilmer said via email. If you do make the choice to drink, he ...
Warning label on a cigarette box: "Smoking Kills". Such warnings reportedly boosted sales of cigarette cases in the EU in 2003. Warning label for a personal water craft. A warning label is a label attached to a product, or contained in a product's instruction manual, warning the user about risks associated with its use, and may include restrictions by the manufacturer or seller on certain uses ...
People with the variant tend to drink very little or not at all. One of these studies found people with the gene variant have a lower risk of heart disease — another blow to the idea that ...
The history of warning labels in the United States began in 1938 when the United States Congress passed a law mandating that food products have a list of ingredients on the label. [ 1 ] In 1966, the Federal government mandated that cigarette packs have a warning on them from the surgeon general .