The U.S. may add new warning labels on alcohol. But the history of cigarette warning labels suggests it's not enough.

“Alcohol is a well-established, preventable cause of cancer responsible for about 100,000 cases of cancer and 20,000 cancer deaths annually in the United States – greater than the 13,500 ...

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy’s call Friday to require alcohol labels warning of cancer risk will likely face strong resistance in Congress, which would have to pass a law to require the labels.

Murthy’s advisory comes as research and evidence mounts about the bad effects that alcohol has on human health, but his proposal for a label would require a rare approval from the U.S. Congress.

Last month, U.S. surgeon general Vivek Murthy released an advisory calling for cancer-warning labels on alcohol containers, similar to those on cigarettes. Murthy has since left the office and ...

“This tells you that there is an increased risk of cancers associated with alcohol drinking,” Dr. Vasilis Vasiliou of the Smilow Cancer Hospital ... for warning labels on alcohol, similar ...

Less than one-third of all the countries globally have regulations mandating Alcohol Health Warning Labels (AHWLs) on alcohol containers, said a late ...

The public has a right to know their risk when and if they choose to drink. Such labeling has precedents with that on tobacco ...

Labels on wine, distilled spirits and malt beverages in the U.S. would be required to list alcohol content and nutritional information per serving, plus notification of potential allergens ...