The US Surgeon General has issued a consultant There were calls to include warnings about the risk of cancer on alcoholic beverages.
“Given the conclusive evidence on cancer risk from alcohol consumption and the responsibility of the Office of the Surgeon General to inform the American public about the best available scientific evidence, the Surgeon General recommends updating the Surgeon General's warning labels for alcohol-containing beverages. Recommend including a cancer risk warning,” Dr. Vivek Murthy said in the advisory on Friday.
The advisory states that alcohol is the third leading preventable cause of cancer in the country after tobacco and obesity.
“Alcohol is a well-established, preventable cause of cancer that is responsible for approximately 100,000 cases of cancer and 20,000 cancer deaths per year in the United States—combined with 13,500 alcohol-related traffic crash deaths per year in the U.S. Even more so – yet most Americans are unaware of this risk,” Murthy said in a news release.
The advisory also said that more than 740,000 cancer cases globally in 2020 could be attributed to alcohol use. However, despite the link between alcohol use and cancer coming to light in the 1980s and later becoming apparent, the American public remains largely unaware of this risk. Time, says advice.
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