What to Know: Surgeon General Calls for Cancer Warning Label on Alcoholic Beverages
The current warning label reads as follows:“GOVERNMENT WARNING: (1) According to the Surgeon General, women should not drink alcoholic beverages during pregnancy because of the risk of birth defects. (2) Consumption of alcoholic beverages impairs your ability to drive a car or operate machinery, and may cause health problems.”
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Surgeon General Vivek Murthy recommends updating the decades-old warning on alcohol containers to include a warning about cancer risks.
US Surgeon General calling for Congress to add cancer warning to labels of alcoholic drinks
A lot has changed over the past 36 years, but one thing that hasn't is the warning label on alcoholic drinks.Currently, it's required to have warnings about drinking while pregnant and alcohol impairing your ability to drive a car or operate machinery.
Alcohol needs a warning label that it can cause cancer, Surgeon General says
The warning labels should go beyond just telling people alcohol can affect pregnant women, the Surgeon General says.
Surgeon General calls for cancer risk warning on beverages with alcohol
Dr. Vivek Murthy issued an advisory Friday about alcohol and cancer risk and called for changes to beverage warning labels.
U.S. Surgeon General calls for a new label on drinks to warn Americans of alcohol’s cancer risk
Alcohol is a leading cause of cancer, a risk that should be clearly labeled on drinks Americans consume, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy proposed on Friday.
Would cancer warning labels on alcoholic beverages reduce consumption—or be ignored?
Calling alcohol the third-leading preventable cause of cancer, the U.S. surgeon general on Friday recommended that alcoholic beverages come with the same type of warning label currently used on packs of cigarettes.
Alcohol should carry a cancer-warning label, says US surgeon general
Alcoholic drinks should carry a cancer-warning label such as that used on cigarettes, the US surgeon general has declared.
Alcohol is ‘third leading preventable cause of cancer’ and should have warning label, says US surgeon general
US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy noted that consuming alcohol increases the risk for "at least seven types of cancer" including breast, colon and liver.
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