Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has issued an advisory linking the consumption of alcohol to cancer, and is recommending that risk be added to warning labels on liquor sold in the United States — but it's getting some sharp pushback from a bipartisan group in Congress,

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.

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.

In a new advisory, Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy said the direct link between alcohol consumption and cancer risk is well established for at least seven cancer types.

U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy has issued an advisory highlighting the link between alcohol consumption and increased cancer risk. The advisory notes that alcohol is responsible for approximately 100,