California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a similar bill last year, leaving an opening for New York to become the first state requiring the health warnings.

What these warnings look like and who sees them is still a work in progress. But as social media has evolved over the years, ...

New bipartisan legislation would increase awareness about what’s in food. Products that contain certain dyes and chemicals would be required to have warning ...

But while nutrition experts have welcomed the FDA’s proposed policy change, the addition of warning labels to packaged goods hasn’t been shown to reduce the very real burden of chronic diseases.

A lit cigarette burns on a package of cigarettes revealing the mandatory warning labels, in the 1960s. Credit - Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Vocal opponents of the tobacco industry, such as Sens.

Surgeon generals have attached warning labels to tobacco and alcohol products over the years and, to an extent, these efforts have significantly helped. Remember when tobacco advertising was ...