The Government is considering making it obligatory for all alcoholic drinks containers to carry a health warning, as happens on cigarette packets.
There is really no argument against this, though, no doubt, many arguments will appear as sales are threatened. The same occurred with the tobacco industry, which showed a form of psychotic thinking in its denial of responsibility.
Alcohol is harmful to babies in the womb. Drinking during pregnancy is thought to be the single biggest cause of learning disability in the western world, so the sales of alcohol that profit some now, will cost others a great deal in the future.
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