Alcohol consumption is a leading preventable cause of cancer, but many Americans don’t know it. It’s why U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy is now calling for updated warning labels on alcohol, much like those carried on cigarette packs.
His recommendation came Friday as part of a new report, Surgeon General’s Advisory on Alcohol and Cancer Risk, which outlines how alcohol consumption is the third leading preventable cause of cancer in the United States, after tobacco and obesity, increasing risk for at least seven types of cancer.
