Warning labels on alcoholic drinks would help limit the number of cancers caused by alcohol, but other policies are also ...

On Friday, the U.S. surgeon general issued an advisory that warned of the correlation between alcohol consumption and an increased risk of cancer, calling for alcoholic beverages to carry a label ...

The U.S. surgeon general on Friday called for alcoholic beverages to carry labels warning of their connection to cancer, just as cigarettes do. The recommendation from Surgeon General Vivek ...

A growing body of research ties even moderate drinking to a half-dozen cancers, including breast and colon; Murthy wants labels to warn of those risks explicitly. But his call is likely to face ...

The most effective way to spread awareness of the carcinogenic properties of alcohol, Murthy suggested, is to update the health risk label on units of alcohol, similar to those for tobacco products.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alcohol is a leading cause of cancer, a risk that should be clearly labeled on drinks Americans consume, ...

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy’s call Friday to require alcohol labels warning of cancer risk will likely face strong resistance in Congress, which would have to pass a law to require the labels.

Vivek Murthy has called for warning labels on alcoholic beverages to include the risk of cancer ... Among other things, Murthy’s advisory calls for the strengthening and expansion of education efforts ...

Murthy’s advisory comes as research and evidence mounts about the bad effects that alcohol has on human health, but his proposal for a label would require a rare approval from the U.S. Congress.

Dr. Marion Nestle, a professor of nutrition, food studies and public health at New York University, breaks down the U.S. Surgeon general’s call for new labels on alcohol to warn of cancer risks.

Bottles of beer, wine and liquor already carry warning labels about the risk of birth defects when a pregnant woman consumes alcohol. But Murthy’s proposed label would go even further ...