AMA applauds surgeon general call for cancer warnings on alcohol

AMA applauds surgeon general call for cancer warnings on alcohol


The AMA, a professional association and lobbying group of physicians and medical students, endorsed Surgeon General Vivek Murthy’s report that alcohol be labeled as cancer-causing.

“For years, the AMA has said that alcohol consumption at any level, not just heavy alcohol use or addictive alcohol use, is a modifiable risk factor for cancer,” Bruce Scott, AMA president, said in a statement Friday. “And yet, despite decades of compelling evidence of this connection, too many in the public remain unaware of alcohol’s risk.”

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Murthy proposed not only warnings labels on alcoholic beverages, but also suggested that the limits for alcohol consumption in the United States also be rethought.

“Alcohol is a well-established, preventable cause of cancer responsible for about 100,000

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