Changing alcohol labels could take 'decades': Dr. Marion Nestle

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on Friday proposed labeling alcohol as a leading cause of cancer.

In a new Surgeon General’s Advisory on Alcohol and Cancer Risk, Murthy outlined how alcohol contributed to at least seven types of cancer, including breast and mouth cancer.

He noted that alcohol is the third leading preventable cause of cancer in the U.S., after tobacco and obesity, but many Americans remain unaware of the connection.

Alcohol use is linked to about...