Ireland may put tobacco-style health labels on booze
[ad_1] DUBLIN: Ireland will impose tobacco-style health warning labels on alcohol as part of a sweeping package of restrictions intended to tackle what a WHO survey ranks as one of the world’s worst rates of binge drinking. A bill that passed the Irish Parliament’s lower house on Wednesday limits alcohol advertising and requires that alcoholic products be separated from retail areas inside shops. It also demands health warnings, including about links to cancer, on bottles and at the point of sale — in shops and visitor centres attached to breweries and distilleries, which are tourist attractions in a country famed for its exports of stout, cider and whiskey. The measure is the first in Ireland to treat excessive alcohol consumption as a health problem. It includes a minimum sales price per unit of alcohol and bans the advertising of alcohol in publicly owned parks and at sports events catering mainly to children. Ireland’s bill will be the first national law to require alcohol manufa...