ABOUT TIME –
2025 – More than six in 10 Americans drink alcohol. But less than half of them know that they’re increasing their cancer risk while they’re doing it. GOVERNMENT WARNING: (1) According to the Surgeon General, women should not drink alcoholic beverages during pregnancy because of the risk of birth defects. (2) Consumption of alcoholic beverages impairs your ability to drive a car or operate machinery, and may cause health problems. The ABLA is enforced by the Secretary of the Treasury. The law states that if the USSG alerts the treasury secretary to alcohol-associated health harms that would justify a change in the warning label, they must report such information to Congress. No such reports have been made—even though “we have a lot more evidence on the health risks of alcohol consumption since the current labels were implemented,” Brown says.
