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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.
A can of Copenhagen with a warning label The four warning label variants seen on various chewing tobacco products sold in the United States. Effective June 2010, the following labels began to appear on smokeless tobacco products (most of which are chewing tobacco) and their advertisements. Warning: This product can cause mouth cancer.
Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act; Long title: To protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products, to amend title 5, United States Code, to make certain modifications in the Thrift Savings Plan, the Civil Service Retirement System, and the Federal Employees’ Retirement System, and for other purposes.
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 ...
Warning on a packet of cigarettes. 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. In 1973 ...
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 ...
"The Effects of Alcohol Warning Labels on Population Alcohol Consumption: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis of Alcohol Sales in Yukon, Canada". Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs 81 (2): 225–237.