Alcohol is the third leading preventable cause of cancer in the United States behind tobacco use and obesity. Alcohol consumption contributes to roughly 100,000 cancer cases and 20,000 deaths each year. [An] advisory says alcoholic beverages should have a warning label about the risks. Amna Nawaz discussed more with U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy.
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Dr. Vivek Murthy:
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Well, it was very striking for me when I saw this data.
[I]t became very clear to me that we have to tell people what the data is telling us and has been telling us more and more firmly for years, which is that there is a causal link between alcohol consumption and cancer risk.
