Advocates of warning labels want Canadians to understand that alcohol is classified as a Group 1 carcinogen and one of the top causes of preventable cancer.
Summary
- Stockwell wants to change that, and he and other health experts are advocating for cancer warning labels on alcohol containers.
- Tim Stockwell, a senior scientist with the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research at the University of Victoria, is among the researchers and doctors pushing for cancer warning labels on alcohol.
- However, evidence of the effectiveness of alcohol labels is growing, including the results of the Yukon labelling study .
- Stockwell says even though the cancer labels were only in place for four weeks during the study, people remembered them.
- (Jared Thomas/CBC)Several European countries are considering cancer warning labels on alcohol.