3 reasons salt needs tobacco-style warnings
Hypertension bodies call on governments to put health labels on salt shakers and packs
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The humble salt shaker in restaurants, at home and in shops will be plastered with a tobacco-style health warning if a coalition of hypertension experts have their way.
The World Hypertension League — a coalition of national and regional hypertension organisations — has called for all salt in supermarkets and shakers in restaurants to display front-of-pack warnings of the health risks.