The World Health Organization issued new results on Friday about the lack of awareness of alcohol association with cancer throughout Europe and called for clear warnings similar to tobacco in the region with arms drinking in the world.
The World Health Agency has repeatedly warned that alcohol is causing cancer and supports the situation of clear signs, but it was not a creative in its call to new government regulations.
Earlier this year, the American General Surgeon also called for warnings of cancer risks on alcoholic beverage stickers.
The World Health Organization office said that alcohol causes 800,000 deaths throughout Europe every year, but a small part of the population realizes the risks. Her study found that only 15 percent of the respondents knew that alcohol could cause breast cancer and that 39 percent were familiar with colon cancer.
“Although cancer is the main cause of alcoholic mortality in the European Union (the European Union), public awareness of the connection between alcohol and cancer is still concerned.”
He said that relying on self -regulation, as the industry prefers, brings the risk that alcohol producers use “unclear place and mysterious messages” or use QR codes that tend to ignore it by shoppers.
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Instead, alcoholic beverages should be presented “clear and prominent health warnings” in written format that can be combined with pictures “to increase access to consumers and enable them with clear and accurate information to make enlightened options about their health.”
A spokesman for the speakers said when asked about the types of warnings, that only the illustrations and simple text messages can be effective as more graphic images.
Currently, there are three out of 27 countries in the European Union – France, Lithuania and Germany – they have a form of warning posters, and the World Health Organization said. She said that Ireland is planning wider cancer warnings on alcoholic beverages as of May 2026.
– Reporting Emma Faraj; Edited
