Alcohol Use Will Increase Your Cancer Risk, Surgeon General Warns

08 Jan

“Alcohol consumption is the third leading preventable cause of cancer in the United States, after tobacco and obesity," said Vivek Murthy, the U.S. Surgeon General, in a statement released today. "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-associated traffic crash fatalities per year in the U.S.—yet the majority of Americans are unaware of this risk."

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