Cancer risk warning on alcohol: What do Americans think?

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Tourists and locals as well as bar operators in Atlanta and Las Vegas welcome the idea of adding label warnings on alcoholic beverages in response to the US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy’s recommendation.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The announcement that the Surgeon General just made about alcohol being linked to cancer

00:15doesn't surprise me because it is a type of poison that we are consuming and I'm glad

00:21that he is making the announcement and putting it out there.

00:25I think having a warning label on the bottle stating what he just announced would be very

00:29helpful so it will give people a chance to determine if they want to take the risk or

00:33not.

00:34I feel like it's a good idea to put that on there.

00:41A lot of people don't know the risk of it because they start abusing everything once

00:45they start getting to it, especially drinking.

00:46A lot of people abuse alcohol so I feel like it's a good idea to put it on there to give

00:51at least somebody, when they buy it, you know, they can read it, they can understand what's

00:55going on and stuff.

00:56How I feel about alcohol being linked to cancer, oh I believe it.

01:01I believe that a lot of the things that we eat and drink in this country can lead to

01:07cancer so almost everything does, they say.

01:10I was just reading that black spoons and forks cause cancer so yeah, I believe it.

01:16As a physician, I knew that alcohol was associated with at least nine different cancers, especially

01:22esophageal or gastrointestinal cancers.

01:24And also as a wine nerd, I had certifications saying that alcohol is somewhat of a cause

01:31in association with cancer.

01:33However, I always go along with moderation is moderation.

01:37I think with moderate use of alcohol, that cancer risk is almost minimal.

01:43Putting warning labels on alcohol will probably cause more mindful imbibing, hopefully less

01:51over imbibing and maybe intentional.

01:54Probably people would stay within the, I guess, suggested number of 7 to 14 per week

02:00knowing that there is a risk.

02:02I think probably more of a healthy appetite for drinking.

02:05I think it's a great thing and I think it should definitely be on there, absolutely.

02:11Because it is a hazard.

02:12It hurts your body and it's not good, it alters your state of mind and potentially, it's definitely

02:19a hazard.

02:20Fifty-seven, that's a lot.

02:21You know, it's a joke because I drink here and there, you know, I'm a weekend warrior

02:27or whatever, but I work out, we train, we watch what we eat.

02:32That's what's really killing everybody, what you're eating, you know.

02:35As I stand here drinking an alcoholic beverage, I think a warning label is good.

02:40I think you can warn people just like we do cigarettes.

02:42Is it still going to happen?

02:44Yes.

02:45I think it's something you can warn people, you can give them all the data you want, you

02:47can give them all the information they need.

02:50It's their choice if they want to take it or not.

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