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Table 1 Alcohol warning labels statements

From: Message on a bottle: are alcohol warning labels about cancer appropriate?

Label warning statementsa

 

Label 1

Three drinks a day increases your chance of bowel cancer by 20 %

Label2

Alcohol causes cancer

Label 3

Two or more drinks a day can increase your risk of mouth and throat cancer by over 50 %

Label 4

1 in 5 breast cancers are caused by alcohol

Impact statements

 

IS 1

Raise awareness about the link between regular alcohol consumption and cancer

IS 2

Prompt conversations about the cancer risk involved in drinking alcohol regularly

IS 3

Prompt me to drink alcohol less often

IS 4

Prompt my friends to drink alcohol less often

IS 5

Prompt me to talk to my family and/or friends about the cancer risk associated with alcohol

IS 6

Prompt me to educate my children about the cancer risk associated with alcohol

  1. aIARC, World Cancer Report [39]; Fedirko et al. [40]; Tramacere et al. [41]; Allen et al. [4] Clarke et al. [42]