In 1966, the first warning label appeared on the side of cigarette packs in the United States. Stating “Caution: Cigarette Smoking May Be Hazardous to Your Health,” it was also the first such warning ...

Last week, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said that alcoholic drinks should carry a warning about cancer risks on their label. Alcohol consumption increases the risk of at least seven types of ...

Regulatory hurdles, industry objections, and legal fights have gone on for decades over traditional tobacco. What’s in store for the next generation of smoking? By Clare Watson / Knowable Magazine ...

The tobacco industry lost their fight against graphic and provocative warning labels on cigarette packaging following a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court. The court ruling allows U.S. government ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- Corpses, cancer patients and diseased lungs are among the images the federal government plans for larger, graphic warning labels that would take up half of each pack of cigarettes ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- In the most significant change to U.S. cigarette packs in 25 years, the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday released nine new warning labels that depict in graphic detail the ...

Rotting teeth, cancer-riddled lungs and dead bodies will soon offer graphic visual warnings of the consequences of smoking to anyone buying a pack starting late next year. The Food and Drug ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Federal health officials released on Tuesday their final selection of nine graphic warning labels to cover the top half of ...

Cigarette packages currently come with a tidy black-bordered warning label, reminding users that smoking causes lung cancer, birth defects and heart disease. Dutiful, yes, and easily disregarded. On ...

Tobacco Control, Vol. 24, No. e1, The Pack and the Retail Environment (March 2015), pp. e72-e80 (9 pages) BackgroundPictorial health warnings are more effective than text warnings in enhancing ...

Tobacco warnings on cigarette packages are already hard to miss, but soon they’ll be impossible to ignore. Among the nine new cigarette warning labels chosen by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...