U.K. doctors are calling for tobacco-style warnings on alcohol after new figures show that rates of cancer of the lip, tongue, mouth, and throat have risen by 24% among women and 28% among men in their 40s in the past decade, according to a story in the Daily Mail.
The Daily Mail cited new figures released by the Cancer Research UK, which said there has been a 45% increase in oral cancers across all age groups. Each year about 5,000 new oral cancers are diagnosed in the U.K. and 1,800 people die from the disease, the story noted.
Alcohol consumption in the U.K. has doubled since the 1950s, Hazel Nunn, health information manager for Cancer Research UK, told the Daily Mail.
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