Surgeon General’s alcohol warning

How much alcohol is too much? What to know as officials push for cancer warnings on labels
The Office of the Surgeon General recommended adding cancer warnings to alcoholic drinks. How many drinks is too much?
Alcohol Causes Cancer: U.S. Surgeon General’s Warning, Explained
U.S. Surgeon General links alcohol to cancer risks. As Americans drink less, what’s replacing booze, and how are generational shifts shaping drinking culture?
Surgeon general calls for cancer warnings on alcohol
Alcoholic beverages should carry a prominent warning label about the link between alcohol and cancer, according to the U.S. surgeon general. (Jan. 6, 2025)
America's surgeon general calls for cancer warnings on alcoholic beverages
U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy on Friday released a new advisory on alcohol and cancer risk, outlining the direct link between the two.
Experts say cancer warnings on alcohol could make a difference; bartenders less sure
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy’s office warns alcohol consumption is to blame for nearly one million preventable cancer cases in the U.S. over the last decade.
Surgeon General Says Alcohol Should Have Cancer Warnings
Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy recommends an update to the warning labels currently on alcohol — but it will take an act of Congress to make it happen.
AMA applauds surgeon general call for cancer warnings on alcohol
The American Medical Association applauded the U.S. surgeon general’s recommendation for a cancer warning to be issued on all alcoholic drinks as a welcomed development. The AMA, a professional association and lobbying group of physicians and medical students,
Local oncology experts laud federal warning tying alcohol to cancer risk
Local oncologists and cancer experts say that a federal warning linking even moderate alcohol consumption to increased risk of cancer could prompt more public health measures to reduce the disease.
Alcohol stocks drop after US surgeon general calls for cancer warnings
The consumption of alcoholic drinks increases the risk of developing breast, colon, liver and other cancers, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said.
New Warnings About Alcohol Hit Restaurants at a Tricky Time
The surgeon general’s call to arms about the link between drinking and cancer could strike at a fiscal lifeline for ...
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Alcohol and Cancer: Murthy’s Urgent Call
Alcohol was first identified as a carcinogen almost 40 years ago, by the World Health Organization's International Agency for ...
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Alcohol must have cancer warnings, surgeon general says
Alcoholic beverages should have warnings that they cause cancer in an updated label, the U.S. Surgeon General said Friday.