US Surgeon General Calls for Cancer Warnings on Alcohol Labels
- U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy called for cancer warning labels on alcohol, stating that alcohol consumption is to blame for nearly one million preventable cancer cases in the U.S. Over the last decade.
- The advisory indicates that about 20,000 people die every year from alcohol-related cancer cases, highlighting alcohol as the third leading preventable cause of cancer in the U.S.
- Murthy noted that consuming alcohol raises the risk of developing at least seven types of cancer, including liver, breast, and throat cancer.
- The advisory warns that cancer risk increases with alcohol consumption, urging a reassessment of alcohol consumption guidelines to account for cancer risk.
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