Imbibing is the third-leading preventable cause of cancer in the U.S., after tobacco and obesity, raising the risk of at least seven different types of cancer, according to U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy, who said most Americans don’t recognize the danger.
Friday, Murthy released a new Surgeon General’s Advisory on Alcohol and Cancer Risk , outlining the link and calling for warning labels about cancer on alcoholic beverages.
There is a “well-established, direct link” for at least seven types of cancer: cancers of the breast, colorectum, esophagus, liver, mouth, throat and voice box, per the advisory. That risk increases regardless of the type of alcohol consumed. The advisory reported that 16.4% of breast cancer cases can be laid at the door of alcohol consumption, for example…