Surgeon General calls to add cancer warning to alcohol
The U.S. Surgeon General is calling to add cancer warning labels to alcohol. In a recent advisory, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy called on Congress to include a cancer risk warning in the warning labels on alcohol. He says alcohol is the third-leading preventable cause of cancer in the U.S., behind tobacco use and obesity.
Surgeon General links alcohol to seven types of cancer
The advisory from Surgeon General Vivek Murthy says alcohol use is the third leading preventable cause of cancer in the U.S., behind tobacco and obesity and contributes to nearly 100,000 cancer cases and roughly 20,000 cancer deaths every year.
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