Intl cancer agency wants bans of alcohol advertising

15/11/2025 11 min
Intl cancer agency wants bans of alcohol advertising

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Between 30 and 50 per cent of cancers could be preventable, and according to the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) we're ignoring a big one. In up to five per cent of all cancers, alcohol consumption plays a role. But the director of IARC says we're not doing enough to drive home the risk. Guest/sDr Elisabete Weiderpass, director of the International Agency for Research on Cancer of the World Health Organization ReferencesCancers attributable to alcohol - IARCAlcohol: a major preventable cause of cancer (IARC Evidence Summary Brief No. 6)