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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.
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 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 ...
Murthy recommended updating warnings on packaging to raise awareness of alcohol's link to cancer. "Health warning labels are well-established and effective approaches to increasing awareness of ...
Even advocacy groups supportive of more warnings about alcohol acknowledged the effort faces serious challenges.
The three warning messages applied to alcohol containers as part of the study (the third label differed by product; wine-specific label shown). Over 300 000 labels were applied in the course of the study. [28] Each label 5.0 cm x 3.2 cm (2 x 1¼ inches). The researchers thought that past alcohol warning labels had not been very well-designed.
What’s the current status of alcohol warning labels in the U.S.? Globally, only a quarter of countries require health warnings on alcohol, according to the New York Times. The U.S. is one of ...
1989 — the year of big hair. The first season of "The Simpsons" and the fall of the Berlin Wall. It’s also the last time the US government updated the health warning labels on alcohol. "The ...