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Tobacco-style health warnings on alcohol could help us to drink less, with Australian research showing the warning labels increased people's intentions not to drink or to drink less. They tested warning labels which were either text alone, text plus pictograms or icons, or text plus images, and showed that the combination of text and pictograms led to stronger intentions to drink less alcohol than the current 'Drinkwise' labels. The health warnings included messages such as "drinking alcohol can increase your risk of heart failure" or "drinking alcohol increases the risk of bleeding in the brain". The authors say any of the three types of warning labels tested would be an improvement over the current situation in many jurisdictions.
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