AND World Health Organization published new discoveries on Friday about the “alarming” lack of awareness of alcohol connect Cancer Across Europe and called for a clear and prominent tobacco -style warnings in the region with the most difficult drinks in the world.
The global health agency has repeatedly warned that alcohol caused cancer and supported clearly marking, but has never been so prescribed before in its call to new government regulations.
Earlier this year, the American surgeon General also called for warnings about cancer risks on alcoholic beverage stickers.
Alcohol is caused by 800,000 deaths in Europe every year, but only a part of the population is aware of the risk, the European Whoh’s office announced. His study revealed that only 15 percent of respondents knew that alcohol could cause breast cancer, and 39 percent were aware of its relationship with colon cancer.
“Despite the fact that cancer is a leading cause of death cases that can be attributed to alcohol in the European Union (EU), the public awareness of the connection between alcohol and cancer remains alarmingly low,” WHO said.
Alcohol consumption associated with cancer
Relying on self -regulation, as the industry would rather, bring the risk of alcohol manufacturers to use “unobtrusive setup and ambiguous messages” or use QR codes that customers tend to neglect them.
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Instead, alcoholic beverages should show “clear and prominent health warnings” in a written format that could be combined with pictures “to maximize the reach and empowerment of consumer consumer, accurate information to bring informed elections about their health,” .
Pictograms and simple messages only for text can be as effective as more graphic photographs, a spokesman told the question of the types of warning.
Currently, only three of the 27 EU countries – France, Lithuania and Germany – have some form of warning stickers, WHO said. Ireland plans broad warnings about alcoholic beverages from May 2026, it has been stated.
– Emma Farge reporting; Sharon Singleton Mounting and Christina Fincher
