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In an advisory issued Friday, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy recommended that labels on alcoholic beverages be updated to include a warning about the risk of cancer associated with alcohol ...

The stocks of alcohol makers and distributors fell across the board early Friday, after the U.S. surgeon general released a new advisory warning of the link between booze and cancer risk.

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Photo: DAVID DEE DELGADO/AFP via Getty Images Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has done more to politicize science and erode trust in public-health leaders than anyone other than Anthony Fauci.

Q. How many does the Surgeon General think receive a cancer diagnosis related to alcohol consumption? A. From the report: In 2019, an estimated 96,730 cancer cases were related to alcohol consumption ...