Alcohol warning labels, MUP, cancer

Alcohol contributes to at least 7 types of cancer and, globally, alcohol accounted for about 1 in 24 cancer cases in 2020. Canada’s University of Victoria estimated that alcohol caused 9,498 cancer cases and 3,866 cancer deaths in 2022 – two of its researchers explain in The Conversation how many cancer cases and deaths in Canada could be prevented by modelling 5 policy scenarios.