WHO calls for cigarette-style cancer warnings on alcohol packaging

Cancer charities back call for prominent warning labels while industry body says move ‘not proportionate’Cans and bottles of alcohol should carry cigarette-style labels warning that drinking increases the risk of cancer, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).It has said governments should insist that “prominent” warning labels become standard in order to alert consumers to the link between alcohol and cancer and tackle the harm caused by heavy drinking. Continue reading...