Year: 2021
Resolution Number: 27
Action Taken: NULL
Status:
Author(s): Taania Girgla
Sponsor: Alangoya Tezel
On behalf of: Medical Student Section
Committee: NULL
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That MSMS will advocate for the implementation of pictorial health warnings on alcoholic beverages for sale in containers in Michigan, including but not limited to images such as a cirrhotic liver and dilated cardiomyopathy secondary to excessive alcohol use, a car crash, or an animation of a baby in the womb; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS will advocate for the amendment of current MSMS policy, titled Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Board-May94, to include language advocating for pictorial warnings of fetal alcohol syndrome from alcohol use during pregnancy; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS will continue to support the use of health warnings on alcoholic beverages for sale in Michigan.
RESOLVED: That MSMS will advocate for the implementation of pictorial health warnings on alcoholic beverages for sale in containers in Michigan, including but not limited to images such as a cirrhotic liver and dilated cardiomyopathy secondary to excessive alcohol use, a car crash, or an animation of a baby in the womb; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS will advocate for the amendment of current MSMS policy, titled Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Board-May94, to include language advocating for pictorial warnings of fetal alcohol syndrome from alcohol use during pregnancy; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS will continue to support the use of health warnings on alcoholic beverages for sale in Michigan.
Fiscal Note: $500
Resolution: View PDF for Pictorial Health Warnings on Alcoholic Beverages
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