The US Surgeon General is urging for cancer warnings to be placed on alcoholic beverages, citing alcohol as the third leading cause of preventable cancer. This has ignited discussions in Australia about implementing similar warning labels on alcoholic products.
The US surgeon general has highlighted the link between any alcohol consumption and increased cancer risk, with experts arguing Australia should include warning labels for alcoholic products.The United States' top doctor is calling for cancer warnings to be displayed on the country's alcoholic beverages.
Ms Stafford says warning labels would serve to inform those who drink of the risks that come with consuming alcohol. The US Surgeon General has issued a new advisory on the causal link between alcohol consumption and increased cancer risk, calling for US Congress to authorise an update to the Surgeon General’s warning label on alcohol-containing beverages to include a cancer risk warning.
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