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.

Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy is calling for alcohol ... preventable cause of cancer responsible for about 100,000 cases of cancer and 20,000 cancer deaths annually in the United States ...

U.S. Surgeon General warns of link between alcohol, ... preventable cause of cancer responsible for about 100,000 cases of cancer and 20,000 cancer deaths annually in the United States ...

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 ...

"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 — greater than the 13,500 alcohol ...

“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 – greater than the 13,500 ...

Vivek Murthy is the current United States Surgeon General. ... Based on data from 2009, an estimated 3.5% of cancer deaths in the United States (about 19,500 deaths) were alcohol related. ...

“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 — greater than the 13,500 ...

“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 — greater than the 13,500 ...

Alcohol is a top preventable cause of cancer, U.S. Surgeon General says Published: Jan. 03, 2025, 12:19 p.m. The U.S. Surgeon General issued an advisory Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, about the link ...

The surgeon general wants the U.S. to know alcohol causes cancer. ... Murthy recommended an update to a decades-old surgeon general warning printed on all alcohol containers in the United States.