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@NightOwl@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.ml • 3 months ago

WHO calls for cigarette-style cancer warnings on alcohol packaging

www.theguardian.com

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WHO calls for cigarette-style cancer warnings on alcohol packaging

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@NightOwl@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.ml • 3 months ago
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Cancer charities back call for ‘prominent’ warning labels while industry body says move ‘not proportionate’
  • @Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de
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    8•3 months ago

    California tried that with their prop 65 warnings on everything and it just made people ignore all the label warnings instead.

    So no, we should only target the worst offenders.

    • @AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee
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      1•3 months ago

      Like cigarettes. Targeting alcohol too is an example of making the labels useless.

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