Ireland to introduce world-first alcohol health labelling policy

Re:Ireland to introduce world-first alcohol health labelling... by withinboredom on Monday May 22, 2023 @04:56PM (#36036617)

Good for them. I was visiting Dublin this past summer. One early morning, I stumbled across a guy having alcohol withdrawal seizures (according to his friend that didn't have a phone, so I called 112 for them). Later that day, I watched a guy pass out drunk in the road. Construction workers came from a nearby site and placed cones around him so he wouldn't get run over.

Maybe my experience was abnormal, but it was shocking.

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Re:Ireland to introduce world-first alcohol health labelling... by version_five on Monday May 22, 2023 @05:40PM (#36037056)

Do you belive a warning label would have helped those people?

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Re:Ireland to introduce world-first alcohol health labelling... by unethical_ban on Monday May 22, 2023 @06:15PM (#36037369)

Do you believe it is more harm than good to require verifiable warnings on dangerous products?

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Re:Ireland to introduce world-first alcohol health labelling... by blueskies124 on Monday May 22, 2023 @06:45PM (#36037648)

Yes

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Re:Ireland to introduce world-first alcohol health labelling... by deserialized on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @03:20AM (#36041018)

I remember warning labels tearing my childhood friends family apart. His dad would come home late at night after reading too many labels and beat his wife while my friend hid in his room.

Labels are definitely more harmful

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Re:Ireland to introduce world-first alcohol health labelling... by arnoooooo on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @04:04AM (#36041354)

Labels will have a nocebo effect, so that's not unreasonable. They're also guilt inducing.

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Re:Ireland to introduce world-first alcohol health labelling... by unethical_ban on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @10:13AM (#36044601)

>They're also guilt inducing

That sounds like a personal problem.

Informed consumers are the basis of rational market behavior. Even libertarians tend to be on board with objective informational requirements and disclosures.

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Re:Ireland to introduce world-first alcohol health labelling... by arp242 on Monday May 22, 2023 @06:03PM (#36037268)

> Maybe my experience was abnormal

Not really; in my time in Ireland I've seen more of this kind off stuff than all the rest of my life combined. I also know more Irish teetotallers than of any other nationality, which probably isn't a coincidence either.

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Re:Ireland to introduce world-first alcohol health labelling... by hydrok9 on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @11:02PM (#36053571)

Not abnormal at all...(was there April/23)

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