In February, the World Health Organization’s European office declared: “Clear and prominent health warning labels on alcohol, which include a specific cancer warning, are a cornerstone of the right to health.”
In a report, it urged governments to introduce them to help reduce alcohol-related harm and raise awareness of the link between drinking and cancer.
Dr Gauden Galea, a WHO adviser, said in the report that policymakers should “resist all the pressure that will inevitably come from commercial actors” who claim such warnings do not work.
They are part of a working strategy, which also includes stuff like
Agreed. But that strategy did not start until very recently.
Warnings have been used for 40 plus years alone. With very little effect.