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.

Only Congress has the power to mandate changes to warning labels. Alcohol is the third leading preventable cause of cancer in the United States, Vivek Murthy said. Accessibility statement Skip to ...

He’s done research around warning labels for tobacco products and points out that over 130 countries now have what are called “pictorial warnings” on labels for cigarettes. “They elicit ...

U.S. Surgeon General warns of link between alcohol, cancer 03:07. The U.S. surgeon general has issued an advisory calling for a warning about the risk of cancer to be included on alcoholic ...

In early January 2025, outgoing U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy announced his recommendation that cancer-related warning labels be placed on alcohol products.. In the report, Murthy noted that ...

On Friday, the U.S. surgeon general issued an advisory that warned of the correlation between alcohol consumption and an increased risk of cancer, calling for alcoholic beverages to carry a label ...