The surgeon general’s advisory says alcohol is a ‘well-known and preventable cause of cancer, responsible for about 100,000 cases and 20,000 deaths each year in the United States’.

U.S. surgeon general Dr. Vivek Murthy published an advisory on the link between alcohol consumption and cancer risk.

Dr. Vivek Murthy issued an advisory Friday about alcohol and cancer risk and called for changes to beverage warning labels.