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| Sunday, 28 August 2005 11:30 | | BNN: British Nursing News Online · www.bnn-online.co.uk
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Alcohol manufacturers are to print health warnings on the side of nearly all cans and bottles of beer and spirits after talks with the Department of Health on how to curb the spread of binge drinking.
Some 85 per cent of beer cans and bottles, as well as many spirits such as vodka, whisky and schnapps, will carry the warnings by the end of this year.
It is thought the health warnings may eventually dominate the packaging of alcohol in the same way they do with tobacco products.
Cigarette manufacturers first displayed small warnings on their products in 1971 but the writing has grown larger and the messages bolder over the years.
The British Beer and Pub Association said that the new labels would include a warning that people should “drink responsibly”, alongside the number of units contained in the drink.
A spokesman said: “The rapid expansion of unit labelling and responsibility messaging across British beer is just one example of the steps producers are taking to advance customer understanding of the risks of alcohol misuse.”
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