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Minnesota lawmakers have approved a measure requiring social media platforms to display a warning label, cautioning about the negative impacts of its use on mental health. The bill, which the ...
From California to Texas and New York, there’s a growing movement among local lawmakers to put warning labels on social media. Specifically, warning teenagers about the possible mental health ...
A lit cigarette burns on a package of cigarettes revealing the mandatory warning labels, in the 1960s. Credit - Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Vocal opponents of the tobacco industry, such as Sens ...
NEW DELHI: Less than one-third of all the countries globally have regulations mandating Alcohol Health Warning Labels (AHWLs) on alcohol containers, said a latest Lancet study, which recommended ...
An inquest into the 20-year-old’s death has now found Ms. Batistich was “unaware of the inherent dangers of inhaling helium,” and called for warning labels on canisters to be made clearer.
An inquest into the 20-year-old’s death has now found Ms Batistich was “unaware of the inherent dangers of inhaling helium”, and called for warning labels on canisters to be made clearer.
A warning label, they averred, “would help abate this growing crisis.” About two weeks later, US Senators Katie Britt (R., AL) and John Fetterman (D., PA) introduced the Stop the Scroll Act .
Current warning labels on alcoholic beverages focus on general health risks, impaired driving, and pregnancy-related concerns but omit the established connection to cancer. Murthy urged Congress to ...
Since health warning labels first appeared in the U.S. in the 1960s, tobacco consumption has dropped by a remarkable 73%—from 42.6% in 1965 to 11.6% in 2022.
He’s done research around warning labels for tobacco products and points out that over 130 countries now have what are called “pictorial warnings” on labels for cigarettes.
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy wants Americans to know that drinking is a preventable risk factor for cancer, and he issued an advisory that calls for warning labels to be placed on alcoholic ...
While 47 countries require alcohol warning labels related to health and safety, warning labels for cancer are far less common. South Korea requires a cancer specific warning. And Ireland’s new alcohol ...