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(16,596 posts) Fri Jan 3, 2025, 08:43 AM Jan 3

Surgeon general calls for alcohol to carry cancer warning [View all]

Source: Washington Post

Health warning labels on alcohol should be updated to include a cancer risk warning, the surgeon general said Friday, adding that recommended limits for alcohol consumption should also be reassessed, given the increased cancer risk.

Alcohol consumption is the third-leading preventable cause of cancer in the United States, Vivek H. Murthy said in an advisory. It contributes to 100,000 cancer cases and 20,000 related deaths each year, he added.

“Higher alcohol consumption increases alcohol-related cancer risk, yet only 45% of American adults are aware that consuming alcohol increases their risk of developing cancer,” Murthy wrote on X.

Any mandatory changes to the health warning labels would need to be approved by Congress. President-elect Donald Trump, who will be inaugurated on Jan. 20, has announced Janette Nesheiwat, a family and emergency medicine physician and onetime Fox News contributor, as his pick for the next surgeon general.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/01/03/alcohol-cancer-warning-surgeon-general/

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Surgeon general calls for alcohol to carry cancer warning [View all] Zorro Jan 3 OP

Link to Advisory BumRushDaShow Jan 3 #1

This has been the position in the UK for some time now Maggiemayhem Jan 3 #31

He needn't stop at alcohol.. Omnipresent Jan 3 #2

Grocery Stores Processed food areas shouldl be nothing but warning signs... hlthe2b Jan 3 #4

All of it is so true. Omnipresent Jan 3 #5

Absolutely.. With advances on at least extending life with some lung cancer, pancreatic cancer is the hlthe2b Jan 3 #6

My father was gone MuseRider Jan 3 #9

I know it's hard on the family. jimfields33 Jan 3 #11

Oh me too! MuseRider Jan 3 #12

My husband was gone within six months of his diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. OnionPatch Jan 3 #17

shouldn't they put warnings in fast food drive throughs? pstokely Jan 3 #35

Nipping at mixed drinks has been my guity pleasure the last few days. John1956PA Jan 3 #3

I enjoy a 'light' drink two or three times a week. Given my advanced age, I will probably continue the habit. Joinfortmill Jan 3 #7

Be careful. maxsolomon Jan 3 #23

Lol Joinfortmill Jan 3 #34

Growth hormone proteins with alcohol shipped in plastic bottles bucolic_frolic Jan 3 #8

It's about time. I hope it becomes reality. ... littlemissmartypants Jan 3 #10

It's a wonder that the French, the Italians and the Spanish folk aren't all dead early in life... CTyankee Jan 3 #20

It's astonishing to me, as well Hekate Jan 3 #21

You do realize that cancer is not well understood. littlemissmartypants Jan 3 #22

Cancer is not ENTIRELY understood. maxsolomon Jan 3 #33

And some things have been... littlemissmartypants Jan 4 #40

France's cancer mortality is considerably higher TexasBushwhacker Jan 3 #37

It wouldn't make sense if it were due to drinking wine.... CTyankee Jan 4 #41

They smoke more than we do. maxsolomon Jan 4 #43

Their overall cancer diagnosis rate is lower than the US TexasBushwhacker Jan 4 #46

The anti-booze drumbeat reaches its predictable crescendo BeyondGeography Jan 3 #13

New Years is alcohol shaming season. maxsolomon Jan 3 #14

Probably the radiation in the planet too Marthe48 Jan 3 #15

And as someone who has worked outside my whole career, I am more concerned about the sun alarimer Jan 3 #25

All things in moderation. maxsolomon Jan 3 #32

I read results years ago that beef and alcohol combined Marthe48 Jan 3 #16

! LudwigPastorius Jan 3 #18

I went to a cardiologist about 5 years ago just to check out a weird issue prior to my hernia surgery Mosby Jan 3 #19

Light drinkers live longer, but alcohol in any amount is not PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 3 #27

And also red wine is somehow good for the heart?! AkFemDem Jan 3 #30

No amount of alcohol is good for your brain n/t TexasBushwhacker Jan 3 #38

The harvard study was flawed Mosby Jan 4 #42

I don't care alarimer Jan 3 #24

The message that we get from $hitler's election is: die! love_katz Jan 3 #26

List enid602 Jan 3 #36

IDK. My mother and father drank Scotch and water for years when I was growing up. CTyankee Jan 3 #39

And mostly no one will listen to these warnings anyway. alarimer Jan 4 #44

Hang around a few years and they will reverse it. Butter was bad now it is doc03 Jan 3 #28

This is what I think Liquor by the Drink Safe Serve 1 Beer, or One Mix Drink Customer is shut off for 24 Hours Oneear Jan 3 #29

The 3 leading causes of cancer: smoking, obesity and alcohol NickB79 Jan 4 #45