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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 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.
Even advocacy groups supportive of more warnings about alcohol acknowledged the effort faces serious challenges.
Currently, just three out of 27 EU countries have such labels, the WHO said. Earlier this year, the U.S. Surgeon General also called for warnings of cancer risks on drink labels. (Reporting by ...
The United States’ top health official recommends that cancer risk warning labels be included on all containers of alcoholic beverage, including beer and wine.
Many societies have a distinct drinking culture, where alcoholic drinks are integrated into parties. Most countries have laws regulating the production, sale, and consumption of alcoholic beverages. [1] Some regulations require the labeling of the percentage alcohol content (as ABV or proof) and the use of a warning label.
Warning labels on alcoholic drinks haven't changed since the '80s Murthy recommended updating warnings on packaging to raise awareness of alcohol's link to cancer.
Al-Anon Family Groups, founded in 1951, is an international mutual aid organization for people who have been impacted by another person's alcoholism. Alcohol Alcohol (from the Arabic word al-kuḥl, الكحل), sometimes referred to by the chemical name ethanol, is one of the most widely used and abused psychoactive drugs in the world.