It's hard to pin down a timing of when we may see cancer warning labels placed on alcohol bottles, if at all. But some ...

Since health warning labels first appeared in the U.S. in the 1960s, tobacco consumption has dropped by a remarkable 73% —from 42.6% in 1965 to 11.6% in 2022.

In Jan., the now-former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy called for new cancer warning labels on alcohol-containing beverages. It’s an important and potentially life-saving step, since the ...

Pictorial cancer warnings on alcohol bottles could reduce consumption, protect youth, and address the rising burden of ...

Designing a warning label for alcohol remains trickier because of the social nature of drinking, but Amitav Chakravarti, a professor at the London School of Economics whose work explores decision ...

Every bottle of alcohol sold in the U.S. has a warning label, which says pregnant women should avoid alcohol, that drinking can impair your ability to drive a car, plus a vague mention that ...

To the editor: Yes, a cancer warning label on alcohol would be a good idea. (“Why the U.S. surgeon general wants cancer warning labels on alcoholic drinks,” Jan. 3) But if we want to seriously ...

And there’s research that shows that when people see alcohol and cancer together on a warning label, they’ll buy less of that alcohol. “We know that warning labels can reduce consumption to ...

Regarding Allysia Finley’s “No, Moderate Drinking Won’t Give You Cancer” (Life Science, Jan. 6): The appropriate warning to put on all alcohol containers is: Consuming this beverage to ...

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.

Such a change would need to be made by the U.S. Congress. South Korea currently requires warning labels about alcohol and cancer, and Ireland will require them starting in 2026.