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Despite clear evidence linking alcohol use to increased cancer risks, public awareness of this connection remains low in the U.S., according to new research from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Researchers found that more than half of American adults (52.9%) did not know alcohol affects cancer risk. The cross-sectional study revealed 37.1% do understand the correlation, while 1% believed drinking decreased cancer risk.

A new study led by experts at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center is the first to analyze trends over time in alcohol-linked cancer mortality across the United States. The findings, titled 'Escalating Impact of Alcohol-Related Cancer Mortality in the U.S.: A call for action,' will be presented at ASCO 2025.

Four in ten people would reduce their alcohol consumption if they knew that even low amounts of alcohol increase the risk of developing cancer.

Less than half of Americans know that regularly drinking alcohol increases the risk of later developing cancer.

A new factsheet by Royal Society Te Apārangi compiles the evidence of alcohol causing cancer from an Aotearoa New Zealand perspective.