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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.
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.
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. "Health warning labels are well ...
The report states alcohol is the third leading cause of preventable cancer in the US, after tobacco and obesity. ... Warning labels for alcohol have not chanced since 1988, with the current labels ...
In 1989, alcohol was required to have the surgeon general’s warning. Several federal agencies are involved in the business of warning labels, including the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
"It took us years to get warning labels on tobacco, years after we knew the hazardous effects," Brock said. ... He has sworn off of alcohol and drugs after his past struggles with substance abuse ...
The justices turned away an appeal by RJ Reynolds and other tobacco companies of a lower court's ruling that found that a set of health warnings required by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...
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).