The U.S. Surgeon General has issued an advisory warning that alcohol consumption increases the risk of developing several types of cancer, including breast, colon, and liver cancer. The advisory also calls for a reassessment of current guidelines on alcohol consumption limits to include cancer risk alongside existing warnings on birth defects and impairment.
, the U.S. Surgeon General said in an advisory on Friday, noting that their consumption increases the risk of developing breast, colon, liver and other cancers.
Shares of U.S.-listed alcoholic beverage makers fell between one per cent and twp per cent in premarket trading, with Brown-Forman Corp BFb.N leading the declines.
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