The calorie content and health risks associated with alcohol should be spelled out clearly on labels, an influential group of MPs has said.
Drinkers should be clearly informed about the risks of alcohol in the same way smokers are told cigarettes cause cancer, according to an ‘alcohol manifesto’.
The All Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Misuse also called for the drink drive limit to be lowered in line with the rest of Europe, tighter restrictions on advertising to children and a phased ban on the sponsorship of sport by alcohol firms.
The group has also supported calls for a minimum price per unit of alcohol to be introduced to increase the cost of the cheapest drinks bought in supermarkets and off licences.
GPs and other healthcare workers should ask people about their drinking habits more often and all social workers and midwives should be trained to spot alcohol problems in parents, the document said.
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