Alcohol bottles need to have health warning labels similar to those on cigarette packets, a group of UK parliamentarians have recommended the government.
The All Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Misuse has made ten recommendations to the government in an attempt to reduce alcohol-related problems in the country.
Some of the other recommendations made by the group were the lowering of drink-drive limit, better restrictions on advertising and a ban on the alcohol firms sponsoring any sports.
The group has suggested an increase in the cost of alcoholic beveragesand recommended that doctors should ask people about their drinking habits more often.
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Misuse said in the recommendation document: "Health warnings are a familiar and prominent feature on all tobacco products. Likewise, detailed nutritional labeling is ubiquitous on food products and soft drinks.
"Yet consumer information on alcohol products usually extends no further than the volume strength and unit content.
"In order to inform consumers about balanced risk, every alcohol label should include an evidence-based health warning as well as describing the product's nutritional calorific and alcohol content."
According to the information gathered by the group, the number of people under the age of 30 who have been suffering from liver disease has more than doubled in the past 20 years. Approximately 1.2 million people are admitted to hospital due to alcohol-related problems.
