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UNION COUNTY: Preventing Cancer by Reducing Excessive Alcohol Use

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Union County issued the following announcement on August 1, 2020

More than half of adults in the United States drink alcohol.

1 Alcohol use increases the risk of cancers of the female breast, liver, colon, rectum, mouth, pharynx, larynx, and esophagus.2,3,4 

There are evidence-based community strategies 5 and clinical strategies 6 that work to reduce excessive alcohol use.

Original source can be found here.

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