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Awareness of alcohol-cancer link holds steady despite omission from new US dietary guidelines
Public awareness of the link between drinking alcohol and elevated cancer risk remains unchanged since February 2025, with over half of Americans saying that regularly consuming alcohol increases your chances of later developing cancer, according to a new survey by the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) of the University of Pennsylvania.

AlcoholAndCancer
Mar 293 min read


EU Cancer Plan halted by delays in alcohol and tobacco controls, new study finds
Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan faces significant delays in implementing key prevention measures, a new study finds. Actions against alcohol and tobacco risks are stalled due to legislative inaction and political sensitivity. The study highlights that mandatory alcohol health warnings and taxation reviews are pending, despite alcohol causing 4% of EU cancers and having no safe consumption threshold. Policy incoherence, like alcohol liberalization in Finland, risks undermining th

AlcoholAndCancer
Oct 23, 20253 min read


Alcohol: a major preventable cause of cancer (IARC Evidence Summary Brief No. 6)
In its sixth Evidence Summary Brief, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) highlights alcohol as a major preventable cause of cancer. Despite growing public health concern, alcohol consumption continues to increase in several world regions, including the Americas, the Western Pacific, sub-Saharan Africa, and South-East Asia. Consumption is currently highest in Europe, where awareness remains low: less than half of people know that alcohol can cause cancer.

AlcoholAndCancer
Oct 8, 20254 min read
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