{"entity":{"id":"ireland-alcohol-act-cancer-warning","kind":"term","name":"Ireland: Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018, section 12, and the cancer warning on alcohol","aka":["Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018","Act No. 24 of 2018","Public Health (Alcohol) (Labelling) Regulations 2023","S.I. No. 249/2023","Ireland alcohol cancer warning label"],"tldr":"Ireland's 2018 alcohol law requires alcohol containers, pubs and online sellers to carry a warning about the direct link between alcohol and fatal cancers. The labelling rules made under it set the wording \"There is a direct link between alcohol and fatal cancers\".","summary":"Ireland, Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 (No. 24 of 2018), section 12. It makes it an offence to sell an alcohol product whose container does not bear, in the prescribed form, a general health warning, a warning about drinking in pregnancy, \"a warning that is intended to inform the public of the direct link between alcohol and fatal cancers\", the grams of alcohol, the energy value and a public health website. Licensed premises must display the same warnings inside, in English and Irish, and online sellers must show them on their websites.\n\nThe Public Health (Alcohol) (Labelling) Regulations 2023 (S.I. No. 249 of 2023) prescribe the cancer warning as \"There is a direct link between alcohol and fatal cancers\" and set its minimum size (the warning panel at least 45 by 10 millimetres). As made, regulation 2 says they come into operation on 22 May 2026.","asOf":"2026-11-04","links":[{"label":"Irish Statute Book: Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018, section 12","url":"https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2018/act/24/section/12/enacted/en/html"},{"label":"Irish Statute Book: S.I. No. 249/2023, Public Health (Alcohol) (Labelling) Regulations 2023","url":"https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2023/si/249/made/en/html"}],"tags":["law","ie"],"related":["idea-prev-alcohol-cancer-warning-labels"],"cancers":[],"sections":[],"technologies":["alcohol-reduction-labelling"],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":[],"pathways":[],"terms":["alcohol-attributable-cancer"],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":["The commencement date is the regulations as made. The Irish Statute Book's amendment list could not be read on 4 November 2026, so whether a later instrument changed the date was not checked; OnCo does not state that the labels are in use."],"category":"Regulation & policy"},"route":"/terms/ireland-alcohol-act-cancer-warning/","neighbours":{"idea":[{"id":"idea-prev-alcohol-cancer-warning-labels","kind":"idea","name":"Cancer warnings on alcohol labels, evaluated as a natural experiment","route":"/ideas/idea-prev-alcohol-cancer-warning-labels/"}],"technology":[{"id":"alcohol-reduction-labelling","kind":"technology","name":"Alcohol reduction, pricing and cancer warning labels","route":"/technologies/alcohol-reduction-labelling/"}],"term":[{"id":"alcohol-attributable-cancer","kind":"term","name":"Alcohol-attributable cancer","route":"/terms/alcohol-attributable-cancer/"}]}}