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Warning label on a cigarette box: "Smoking Kills". 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. [1]
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.
an identification of the product; a signal word – either Danger or Warning – where necessary; hazard statements, indicating the nature and degree of the risks posed by the product; precautionary statements, indicating how the product should be handled to minimize risks to the user (as well as to other people and the general environment)
In a separate case involving the FDA, the Supreme Court on Dec. 2 is set to hear arguments over the agency's denial of applications to sell flavored vape products. (Reporting by John Kruzel ...
Alcoholic drinks are a leading cause of cancer and should carry a warning about that risk on their label, the U.S. surgeon general said Friday. Alcohol is a factor in nearly 100,000 newly ...
The country's top doctor wants a new warning added to alcohol that would alert drinkers about links to cancer, but don't expect cigarette-style warning labels any time soon. U.S. Surgeon General ...
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 .
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.