Alcohol consumption is the third-leading preventable cause of cancer in the U.S., after tobacco and obesity. Photograph used for representational purposes only
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In early January, United States Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, who released the new Surgeon General’s Advisory on Alcohol and Cancer Risk, called for cancer risk warnings on alcohol-containing beverages.
The health risks associated with alcohol consumption are well-known; with the advisory stating that alcohol consumption is the third-leading preventable cause of cancer in the U.S., after tobacco and obesity.
The World Health Organization (WHO), in its Global status report on alcohol and health and treatment of…