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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.
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.
Even advocacy groups supportive of more warnings about alcohol acknowledged the effort faces serious challenges.
Large and numerous warnings about the highly carcinogenic nature of tobacco products have been a fixture of gas stations and convenience stores across the U.S. since the 1960s. While tobacco may ...
The Ohio Division of Liquor Control, part of the Ohio Department of Commerce, controls alcohol manufacturing, distribution and sales within the U.S. state of Ohio. Ohio is an alcoholic beverage control state , thus the state has a monopoly over the wholesaling or retailing of some or all categories of alcoholic beverages.
Vivek Murthy wants warning labels to inform consumers of alcohol's link to at least seven types of cancer. U.S. surgeon general is calling for alcohol warning labels to note cancer risk. Why they ...
Map showing alcoholic beverage control states in the United States. The 17 control or monopoly states as of November 2019 are: [2]. Alabama – Liquor stores are state-run or on-premises establishments with a special off-premises license, per the provisions of Title 28, Code of Ala. 1975, carried out by the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.
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 ...