{"id":840391,"date":"2025-04-10T19:12:35","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T00:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/10\/who-calls-for-cancer-warning-labels-on-alcoholic-drinks\/"},"modified":"2025-04-10T19:12:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T00:12:35","slug":"who-calls-for-cancer-warning-labels-on-alcoholic-drinks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/10\/who-calls-for-cancer-warning-labels-on-alcoholic-drinks\/","title":{"rendered":"WHO calls for cancer warning labels on alcoholic drinks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Health agency laments \u2018alarming\u2019 lack of awareness in Europe in particular<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"position-set\">\n<div>\n<p>PUBLISHED : 14 Feb 2025 at 21:39<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bangkokpost.com\/javascript:void(0);\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.bangkokpost.com\/v3\/assets\/images\/icon\/icon-text_size.svg\" alt><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure>\n                      <img src=\"https:\/\/static.bangkokpost.com\/media\/content\/20250214\/c1_2961248.jpg\"  fetchpriority=\"auto\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A server pours a glass of red wine during the Wine Paris trade fair in the French capital on Feb 12. (Photo: Reuters)\"><figcaption>\n                          A server pours a glass of red wine during the Wine Paris trade fair in the French capital on Feb 12. (Photo: Reuters)                        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>GENEVA &#8211; The World Health Organization released new findings on Friday about an \u201calarming\u201d lack of awareness about alcohol\u2019s link to cancer across Europe and called for clear and prominent tobacco-style warnings in the region with the world\u2019s heaviest drinkers.<\/p>\n<p>Alcohol causes 800,000 deaths across Europe each year but just a fraction of the population is aware of the risks, the WHO\u2019s Europe office said in a statement, based on a new survey. It found that just 15% of respondents knew that alcohol causes breast cancer and 39% were aware of its link to colon cancer, the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite cancer being the leading cause of alcohol-attributable deaths in the European Union (EU), public awareness of the link between alcohol and cancer remains alarmingly low,\u201d the WHO said.<\/p>\n<p>The global health agency has repeatedly warned that alcohol causes cancer and has backed clear labelling but has never before been as prescriptive in its call for new government regulations.<\/p>\n<p>Relying on self-regulation, as the industry would prefer, brings the risk that alcohol producers use \u201cinconspicuous placement and ambiguous messaging\u201d or use QR codes which tend to be ignored by shoppers, the WHO said.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, alcoholic drinks should display \u201cclear and prominent health warnings\u201d in written format which could be combined with pictures \u201cto maximise reach and empower consumers with clear, accurate information to make informed choices about their health\u201d, it said.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, just three out of 27 EU countries have such labels, the WHO said. Earlier this year, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bangkokpost.com\/world\/2932486\/us-surgeon-general-seeks-cancer-warnings-for-alcoholic-drinks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">US Surgeon General<\/a> also called for warnings of cancer risks on drink labels.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> Leigha Paris <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bangkokpost.com\/world\/2961248\/who-calls-for-cancer-warning-labels-on-alcoholic-drinks\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Health agency laments \u2018alarming\u2019 lack of awareness in Europe in particular PUBLISHED : 14 Feb 2025 at 21:39 A server pours a glass of red wine during the Wine Paris trade fair in the French capital on Feb 12. (Photo: Reuters) GENEVA &#8211; The World Health Organization released new findings on Friday about an \u201calarming\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":840392,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[127,1070],"tags":[5691,8962],"class_list":{"0":"post-840391","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-calls","8":"category-cancer","9":"tag-calls","10":"tag-cancer"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=840391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/840392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=840391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=840391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=840391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}