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U.S. Surgeon General Calls for Warning Labels on Bev Alc 

Dear Client: News is breaking this morning that the U.S. surgeon general today called for warning labels on bev alc products, akin to those on cigarettes, denoting alcohol as a leading preventable cause of cancer.  "Alcohol directly contributes to 100,000 cancer cases and 20,000 related deaths each year," per Dr. Vivek Murthy, wrote the New York Times (and as reported by many other outlets this morning).  He called for updating current labels on alcohol "to include a heightened risk of

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