On January 4th, 2025, The United States Surgeon General suggest that alcohol bottles need to include warnings about cancer. The current U.S. Surgeon General is Dr. Vivek Murthy.; He is considered the “Nation’s Doctor” Dr. Murthy was appointed by President Joe Biden and began his term in March 2021. This is his second time serving as Surgeon General; he also held the position under President Obama from 2014 to 2017. 

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Should warning labels on alcohol include cancer risk?

US Surgeon General Dr Vivek Murthy recommends warning labels on alcoholic beverages due to their links to cancer. 

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Even small amounts of alcohol can cause cancer, bottles should have warning: US Surgeon General

Something must be done about Americans' alcohol consumption, starting with changing the belief that a small amount of daily alcohol is good for you.

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No amount of alcohol is safe. Surgeon general is right to sound the alarm.

Consumption is associated with at least seven types of the disease. In a new report, published last Friday, the surgeon general of the United States Public Health Service (USA), Vivek Murthy, stated that alcohol consumption is directly related to at least seven types of cancer, including those of the mouth, throat, larynx, esophagus, breast, liver and colon, and rectum. Globally, 741,300 cancer cases were attributed to alcohol consumption in 202…

Consumo é associado a pelo menos sete tipos da doença  Em um novo relatório, publicado na última sexta-feira, o cirurgião-geral do Serviço de Saúde Pública dos Estados Unidos (EUA), Vivek Murthy, afirmou que o consumo de álcool está diretamente relacionado a pelo menos sete tipos de câncer, incluindo os da boca, garganta, laringe, esôfago, mama, fígado e cólon e reto. Globalmente, 741.300 casos de câncer foram atribuídos ao consumo de álcool em …

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How much alcohol increases the risk of cancer?

Michael Ramirez cartoon on adding cancer warnings to alcohol.

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Rep. James Comer (R-KY) condemned the report published Friday by Surgeon General Vivek Murthy calling for cancer risk warning labels on alcohol, signaling that Republicans in Congress will likely not heed the doctor’s recommendation. Comer told the Washington Examiner that Murthy’s advisory “politicizes science to achieve a predetermined outcome” and “cherry-picks data” for an alarmist result on the link between alcohol consumption and the risk …

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It's not enough to put a cancer warning label on alcohol products. We need to significantly cut back on advertising for booze, as we did with tobacco.

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Letters to the Editor: Alcohol increases cancer risk. Regulate it as strongly as tobacco

The fact that U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has no legal authority to mandate cancer warnings on alcoholic beverage labels did not prevent him, as Dry January began, to propose just such a caveat. The evidence on the health hazards of alcohol may be mixed — the Harvard School of Public Health says “the evidence is more nuanced than the headlines suggest” — but as a medical advisor to the nation, Murthy is right to use his best judgment and b…

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The text-only warning of cancer risks would be the first change to alcohol warning labels in the last 35 years.

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Why does the US surgeon general want cancer warnings on alcohol bottles?

Dr. Vivek Murthy has issued a recommendation warning Americans that alcohol may increase their risk of cancer and calling for an update to the health warning label on alcoholic beverages.

Dr. Vivek Murthy a făcut o recomandare prin care îi avertizează pe americani că alcoolul le poate crește riscul de cancer și solicită actualizarea etichetei de avertizare privind sănătatea de pe băuturile alcoolice.

Un medic de top din SUA trage un semnal de alarmă cu privire la legătura directă dintre alcool și cancer. Câți oameni mor anual

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"The key message is that no alcohol is best. If indeed you choose to use alcohol, use it in progressively lower levels, lower doses, and lower frequencies," MD Anderson's head of prevention told ABC13.

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Surgeon general wants cancer warnings for alcohol. Is there any amount that’s safe to drink?

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