A federal requirement that cigarette packs and advertising include graphic images demonstrating the effects of smoking — including pictures of smoke-damaged lungs and feet blackened by diminished ...

Regulatory hurdles, industry objections, and legal fights have gone on for decades over traditional tobacco. What’s in store for the next generation of smoking? By Clare Watson / Knowable Magazine ...

Last week, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said that alcoholic drinks should carry a warning about cancer risks on their label. Alcohol consumption increases the risk of at least seven types of ...

Cigarette packages currently come with a tidy black-bordered warning label, reminding users that smoking causes lung cancer, birth defects and heart disease. Dutiful, yes, and easily disregarded. On ...

A lit cigarette burns on a package of cigarettes revealing the mandatory warning labels, in the 1960s.Bettmann Archive/Getty Images In Jan., the now-former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy called for ...

Last month, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy announced plans for placing warning labels on social media platforms. (This requires Congressional approval.) The warning message he proposes is that ...

Alcohol labels haven't been updated in the U.S. since 1989, but we've learned a lot about the health risks since then. (Getty Images) U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy is calling for new warning ...