The official statement from his office says the advisory includes 'updating the existing Surgeon General’s health warning label on alcohol-containing beverages.' Currently, alcohol containers ...

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy’s call Friday to require alcohol labels warning of cancer risk will likely face strong resistance in Congress, which would have to pass a law to require the labels.

Murthy’s advisory comes as research and evidence mounts about the bad effects that alcohol has on human health, but his proposal for a label would require a rare approval from the U.S. Congress.

This is only an attempt to educate the public about their risks. A simple “Alcohol causes cancer” label is all I seek. The public has a right to know their risk when and if they choose to drink.