New warning labels on cigarette packs and individual cigarettes in Canada. They began coming into effect in 2024, for king-size cigarettes. The rollout will continue in 2025.

Australia is the second country in the world to introduce warnings on individual sticks, following Canada, with phrases to include ‘causes 16 cancers’ and ‘damages your lungs’.

Last month, U.S. surgeon general Vivek Murthy released an advisory calling for cancer-warning labels on alcohol containers, similar to those on cigarettes. Murthy has since left the office and in ...

The design regulations for labels in the U.S. are equally lacking, stating only that the health warning statement “must appear in readily legible print” and “may appear on a front label ...

Murthy’s Jan. 3 advisory said alcohol is also the leading preventable cause of at least seven cancers, and warning labels on such beverages should be updated to warn of that.

Now that the risks with cigarettes were known to be crater and the warning labels have made an impact. There's going to be controversy debate about alcohol is a warning label or cancer is a ...