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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.
In the United States, warning labels have been instituted under a number of different government organizations. For instance, the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938. [5] [6] Cigarettes were not required to have warning labels in the United States until Congress passed the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act (FCLAA) in 1965. [7]
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 ...
The U.S. surgeon general wants to make a major change to the way alcohol is sold across the nation. On Friday, Dr. Vivek Murthy, the U.S. surgeon general, released a new advisory on the link ...
Vivek Murthy wants warning labels to inform consumers of alcohol's link to at least seven types of cancer.
Any effort to add a cancer warning label to alcohol would face significant push back from a well-funded and powerful beverage industry, which spends nearly $30 million every year lobbying Congress. Just weeks ago, the federal government passed on altering the existing dietary guidelines around alcohol.
Murthy also called on Congress to add cancer risk warnings on alcohol. Current label statements, which warn about drinking alcohol during pregnancy and the impact of alcohol on driving a car or ...