Alcohol should carry warning label for cancer risk, US surgeon general says
Advisory warns alcohol is third leading preventable cause of cancer in US and seeks to raise consumer awareness
Alcohol use is the third leading preventable cause of cancer in the US after tobacco and obesity and should carry a label warning consumers about their cancer risks, according to a new advisory by the US surgeon general.
Released on Friday, the advisory revealed that alcohol use contributes to nearly 100,000 cancer cases and about 20,000 cancer deaths each year. It also found that alcohol-related cancer deaths shorten the lives of those who die by an average of 15 years.
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