At least 120 countries around the world require pictorial warning labels on cigarette packages—for example, gangrene feet or a dead body—but the United States is notably missing from the list. Despite a 2009 Congressional ...
Oct 26, 2018
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The Australian alcohol industry fails to acknowledge the substantial burden of disease caused by their products and resists calls for stronger regulation to reduce harm, new research led by Curtin University has found.
Aug 14, 2018
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In 1986, the U.S. government passed legislation requiring a series of warnings for smokeless tobacco products, one of which advised "This product is not a safe alternative to cigarettes."
Jul 26, 2018
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Young adults are less likely to buy sugar-sweetened beverages that include health labels, particularly those with graphic warnings about how added sugar can lead to tooth decay, obesity, and type 2 diabetes.
May 25, 2018
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Current health warning labels on alcohol beverage containers in New Zealand are highly deficient, new research from the University of Otago, Wellington shows.
May 21, 2018
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Labels that warn people about the risks of drinking soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages can lower obesity and overweight prevalence, suggests a new Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health study.
Dec 15, 2017
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Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the United States. Cigarette packaging has required textual warning labels about the health risks of smoking since 1966. Yet, 15 percent of U.S. adults—36.5 ...
Dec 12, 2016
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Teens are more than 15 percent less likely to say they would purchase soft drinks and other sugary drinks that include health warning labels, according to a new study led by researchers at the Center for Health Incentives ...
Sep 8, 2016
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Plain packaging and warning labels may help reduce consumption of sugary drinks by young people, according to research from the University of Auckland.
Sep 2, 2016
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Images of disease and suffering should move smokers to kick the habit - at least, that's the thinking behind graphic warning labels used on cigarette packages in much of the world, and maybe someday in the U.S.
Feb 22, 2016
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