Alcoholic drinks should carry a label warning consumers about their cancer risks, the US Surgeon General says in an advisory on Jan. 3, 2025, noting that alcohol consumption increases the risk of developing breast, colon, liver and other cancers. US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy also called for the guidelines on alcohol consumption limits to be reassessed so that people can weigh the cancer risk when deciding whether or how much to drink, alongside current warnings on birth defects and impairments when operating machinery.
According to a statement released by Murthy’s office alcohol consumption is the third leading preventable cause of cancer in the United States, responsible for 100,000 US cancer cases and 20,000 cancer deaths each year.US DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES / REUTERS
