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Any level of alcohol consumption causes high cancer risk

US Surgeon-General Vivek Murthy’s suggestion that alcoholic beverages now include cancer-warning labels, just as cigarettes do, adds to what doctors have been saying for a long time. That there is no “safe” level of alcohol consumption when it comes to cancer risk.

A study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found that of the estimated 20,000 cancer deaths each year caused by alcohol use during 2020–2021, approximately 16,800 (83%) of them could have been prevented if adult drinkers had reduced their consumption to ≤2 drinks/day for men, or ≤1 drink/day for women.

Ref https://indianexpress.com/article/health-wellness/vivek-murthy-cancer-warning-alcohol-drinking-cancer-9759172/

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