Alcohol consumption is the third leading preventable cause of cancer in the United States, after tobacco and obesity, according to the surgeon general's advisory.

Vivek Murthy is the current United States Surgeon General. The British American physician is also a vice admiral in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.

The Surgeon General’s argument has two components. The first is that drinking alcohol can raise the risk for certain kinds of cancer in its own right; the other, that alcohol consumption also ...

Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy is calling for alcohol products to be labeled with a cancer risk warning similar to tobacco products.

Alcohol is the third-leading preventable cause of cancer in the United States, after tobacco and obesity, the Surgeon General’s office said.

Wine, beer and spirits should carry a warning label about cancer risks, the U.S. surgeon general said Friday, in a move that could shape a larger debate over government healthy eating recommendations.

The U.S. surgeon general has released a new advisory warning of alcohol-related cancer risk. The new guidance follows research that has linked alcohol to at least seven types of cancer.

Some key points about excessive alcohol use in the United States Excessive alcohol use is a leading preventable cause of death in the United States.

“Alcohol is a well-established, preventable cause of cancer responsible for about 100,000 cases of cancer and 20,000 cancer deaths annually in the United States." Stacey Leasca is an award ...

United States Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy is sounding the alarm on the link between alcohol consumption and increased risk of seven types of cancer, including mouth, breast throat and liver ...

Alcohol directly contributes to 100,000 cancer cases and 20,000 related deaths each year, the surgeon general, Dr. Vivek Murthy, said.

US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy noted that consuming alcohol increases the risk for “at least seven types of cancer” including breast, colon and liver.