Alcohol should have labels warning drinkers of cancer risks, charities say

<p>Health organisations have written to Keir Starmer urging him to force drinks producers to include warnings</p><p>Cans and bottles of beer, wine and spirits should explicitly warn drinkers that alcohol causes cancer, an unprecedented alliance of doctors, charities and public experts have said.</p><p>Warning labels would tackle “shockingly low” public awareness in the UK that alcohol is <a href="https://www.wcrf.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/HI-Alcohol-Factsheet-2023-WEB.pdf">proven to cause seven forms of cancer</a> and 17,000 cases a year of the disease, they claim.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jun/21/alcohol-cancer-risks-warning-labels-charities-say">Continue reading...</a>