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Researchers recommended controls like those related to tobacco and cannabis, such as higher taxes and better labels.

Ireland mandates graphic cancer warning labels on alcohol starting 2026, sparking global debate. Experts hail it as a public health win, while alcohol industry fights back. Will this be a turning point for worldwide alcohol warning labels?

Ireland will require them starting in 2026, and there are nascent efforts elsewhere to add more explicit labelling about the health risks of drinking....

Just Drinks explores if alcoholic drinks producers have an obligation to include health warnings on their labels.

A Canadian health agency has backed a report saying that even a little alcohol is too much alcohol.

Canadas health authorities made the recommendation in response to risks of cancer, heart disease nad stroke. Experts slammed guidance as worse than useless.

Maximum Two Drinks A Week - Canada’s Drastic New Alcohol Guidance

A Canadian health agency has backed a report saying that even a little alcohol is too much alcohol.

According to the new report, any more than two standard drinks per week can increase the risk of health issues, including breast and colon cancer.

Canada has updated its alcohol consumption guidelines for the year 2023 and according to the new guidelines, it should be Dry January in the country as it is the only risk-free approach. According to the government-backed guidance, if you want to drink at all, then two drinks maximum each week are deemed to be low-risk.  The latest advice is a steep drop from the previous recommendation of 2011 which allowed a maximum of 10 drinks a week for women and 15 drinks for men.