Warning label

Label on a product identifying risk of its use Warning label on a cigarette pack: "Smoking kills". The earliest mandatory warning labels on cigarette packaging were implemented by the United States in 1966. Warning label for a personal watercraft A warning label is a label attached to a product, or contained in a product's instruction manual, warning the user about risks associated with its use, and may include restrictions by the manufacturer or seller on certain uses. Some of them are legal requirements (such as health warnings on tobacco products). Most of them are placed to limit civil liability in lawsuits against the item's manufacturer or seller (see product liability). That sometimes results in labels which for some people seem to state the obvious. Lack of a warning label can become an informational defect, which is a type of product defect. Warning labels are found on various product packagings, such as chemicals (flammable, pesticide, poisons, etc.), batteries, tobacco, alcohol and other unhealthy foods. Effectiveness Warning label for toxic chemicals Warning systems promote attention, comprehension, and protective behavior. Research confirms that well-designed warnings