Current required warning labels on alcohol sold in the U.S. say: "GOVERNMENT WARNING: (1) According to the Surgeon General, women should not drink alcoholic beverages during pregnancy because of ...

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.

A lit cigarette burns on a package of cigarettes revealing the mandatory warning labels, in the 1960s.Bettmann Archive/Getty Images In Jan., the now-former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy called ...

Packaged and processed foods of all kinds could be impacted by the bill. If it passes, consumers will begin seeing the warning on labels developed and copyrighted beginning in 2027.

Will warning labels on alcohol be updated? As Murthy noted in the advisory, Congress has the ability to change the label — but warning labels haven't been updated since 1988.

Should the United States follow the surgeon general’s call on Friday for cancer warning labels on alcohol, it would join a tiny contingent of nations that advise drinkers of the risk. The World ...

In less than a year, a new law in Minnesota will require social media platforms to have a mental health warning label.