Is Alcohol the New Tobacco?

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The general surgeon of the U.S. public health service, Vivek Murthy, argued that alcohol is one of the main causes of cancer, a consumption directly linked to at least seven types of that disease: mouth, throat, larynx, esophagus, breast, liver and colon and rectum. Overall, 741,300 cancer cases were attributable to it.Murthy said that alcohol is responsible for about 20,000 cancer deaths per year in that country. It should be noted that the fig…

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Is Alcohol the New Tobacco?

In 2026, Ireland will become the first country to legally mandate cancer warnings on alcohol products. Will other countries follow suit? Medscape Medical News

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Alcohol is the third-largest preventable cause of cancer in the United States, after tobacco and obesity, but fewer than half of Americans know this. In a January 3 advisory, former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy cited data showing that nearly 90 percent of American adults know that tobacco use increases cancer risk, but only 45 percent are aware of the cancer risk posed by alcohol use. Murthy’s advisory described several studies linking …