Surgeon General Calls for Cancer Warning Labels on Alcohol. Clip: 1/28/2025 | 6m 34s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Dr. Vivek Murthy warned that light or even moderate drinking is harmful.

Any effort to add a cancer warning label to alcohol would face significant push back from a well-funded and powerful beverage industry, which spends nearly $30 million every year lobbying Congress.

Every bottle of alcohol sold in the U.S. has a warning label, which says pregnant women should avoid alcohol, that drinking can impair your ability to drive a car, plus a vague mention that ...

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