US Surgeon General Calls for Cancer Warnings on Alcohol Labels
- U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has called for cancer warning labels on alcohol, stating that alcohol consumption is responsible for nearly one million preventable cancer cases in the U.S. Over the last decade.
- The advisory highlights that about 20,000 people die each year from alcohol-related cancer cases, with alcohol being the third leading preventable cause of cancer in the U.S.
- Murthy noted that consuming two alcoholic drinks a day increases the risk of developing at least seven types of cancer, including breast, liver, and throat cancer.
- The advisory emphasizes that less than half of Americans are aware that alcohol consumption increases cancer risk, urging a reassessment of alcohol consumption guidelines to account for this risk.
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