Alcohol should have cancer warning labels, say doctors and researchers pushing to raise awareness of risk - News Summed Up

Alcohol should have cancer warning labels, say doctors and researchers pushing to raise awareness of risk


Stockwell wants to change that, and he and other health experts are advocating for cancer warning labels on alcohol containers. Tim Stockwell, a senior scientist with the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research at the University of Victoria, is among the researchers and doctors pushing for cancer warning labels on alcohol. However, evidence of the effectiveness of alcohol labels is growing, including the results of the Yukon labelling study . Stockwell says even though the cancer labels were only in place for four weeks during the study, people remembered them. (Jared Thomas/CBC)Several European countries are considering cancer warning labels on alcohol.


Source: CBC News January 09, 2022 00:17 UTC



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