In a statement Friday, the doctors group said the label "will bolster awareness, improve health, and save lives" in the wake of "decades of compelling evidence" tying alcohol consumption to cancer.

and some alcohol researchers and consumer protection advocates tell STAT that bottle labels should reflect that. Other nations, such as Ireland, are moving ahead with cancer warning labels on ...

To raise awareness, Murthy is recommending that information about cancer risk be added to alcoholic beverage warning labels, which currently just advise against drinking alcohol while pregnant or ...

It’s an important and potentially life-saving step, since the current warning labels haven’t been updated since their introduction in 1988 and only half of Americans know alcohol is associated ...

Those steps include adding a health warning about the risk of cancer to labels on alcoholic drinks, reassessing the guideline limits for alcohol consumption, and encouraging health care ...

Last month, U.S. surgeon general Vivek Murthy released an advisory calling for cancer-warning labels on alcohol containers, similar to those on cigarettes. Murthy has since left the office and ...

What Are Private Labels? While not formally defined at the federal level, according to the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), “private labels” are labels “created for purchasers ...