Last month, U.S. surgeon general Vivek Murthy released an advisory calling for cancer-warning labels on alcohol containers, similar to those on cigarettes. Murthy has since left the office and ...

Prominent, mandatory health warning labels on alcohol products should be implemented across Europe to raise awareness on the link between drinking and cancer, a new report by the World Health ...

Murthy’s advisory comes as research and evidence mounts about the bad effects that alcohol has on human health, but his proposal for a label would require a rare approval from the U.S. Congress.

Current US alcohol warning labels, unchanged since 1988, do not mention cancer risks, unlike some international labels. The alcohol industry opposes cancer warning labels, while the upcoming US ...

NEW DELHI: Less than one-third of all the countries globally have regulations mandating Alcohol Health Warning Labels (AHWLs) on alcohol containers, said a latest Lancet study, which recommended ...

World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for stronger health warning labels on alcoholic beverages to inform people about the risks of alcohol consumption, including its link to cancer.

Three of the EU's 27 member states and 13 of the 53 countries classified as part of the WHO's "European Region" have introduced health warning labels on alcohol, the agency said. WHO Europe ...