Labels warning about alcohol-attributable cancer risks should be mandated urgently

IF 25.2 1区医学 Q1 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH Lancet Public Health Pub Date : 2025-02-13 DOI:10.1016/s2468-2667(25)00040-4

Carina Ferreira-Borges, Daša Kokole, Gauden Galea, Maria Neufeld, Jürgen Rehm

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In January, 2025, the US Surgeon General released an Advisory on alcohol consumption and cancer risk.¹ He briefly summarised the evidence on alcohol and cancer, including underlying biological mechanisms, and concluded that alcohol use is a leading preventable cause of cancer in the USA and globally, causing around 100 000 and 750 000 cancer cases annually, respectively.² The carcinogenicity of alcohol is not a new concept. More than three decades ago, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and the Continuous Update Project of the World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research concluded that there was sufficient evidence that alcohol causes certain cancers;³ the current list of alcohol-attributable cancer sites published by IARC⁴ includes cancers of the oral cavity, oropharynx, hypopharynx, oesophagus (squamous cell carcinoma), colon, rectum, liver, and intra-hepatic bile duct, larynx, and female breast.

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警告酒精致癌风险的标签应该立即强制执行

2025年1月，美国卫生局局长发布了一份关于饮酒与癌症风险的建议他简要总结了有关酒精和癌症的证据，包括潜在的生物学机制，并得出结论，饮酒是美国和全球癌症的主要可预防原因，每年分别导致约10万和75万例癌症病例酒精的致癌性并不是一个新概念。三十多年前，国际癌症研究机构（IARC）和世界癌症研究基金会/美国癌症研究所的持续更新项目得出结论，有足够的证据表明酒精会导致某些癌症；目前IARC公布的酒精导致的癌症部位清单4包括口腔癌、口咽癌、下咽癌、食道癌（鳞状细胞癌）、结肠癌、直肠癌、肝癌和肝内胆管癌。喉部和女性乳房。

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Lancet Public Health Medicine-Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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305

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8 weeks

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