The U.S. Surgeon General is calling to add cancer warning labels to alcohol. In a recent advisory, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy called on Congress to include a cancer risk warning in the warning labels on alcohol. He says alcohol is the third-leading preventable cause of cancer in the U.S., behind tobacco use and obesity.

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, recently released an advisory that calls for adding cancer warning labels to alcohol. The report said that alcohol consumption is the third leading preventable cause of cancer in the United States, after tobacco and obesity.

Even advocacy groups supportive of more warnings about alcohol acknowledged the effort faces serious challenges.

The U.S. Public Health Service is calling for alcohol-containing beverages to include warning labels about the risk of cancer associated with alcohol consumption. Should Canada do the same?

The U.S. surgeon general is calling for an update to warning labels on alcoholic beverages to talk about the risk of cancer.

Calling alcohol the third-leading preventable cause of cancer, the U.S. surgeon general on Friday recommended that alcoholic beverages come with the same type of warning label currently used on packs of cigarettes.

There are about 100,000 alcohol-related cancer cases and about 20,000 alcohol-related cancer deaths each year, according to the new report.

As cancer has been linked to alcohol use, per the surgeon general's new advisory, addiction experts offer helpful tips to cut back on drinking in a safe, healthy way.