Evaluating correlates of awareness of the association between drinking too much alcohol and cancer risk in the United States

KP Wiseman, WMP Klein - Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 2019 - AACR
Background: Awareness that alcohol consumption is associated with cancer is low in the
United States, and predictors of awareness are not well understood. Methods: Data from the …

[HTML][HTML] Limitations in American adults' awareness of and beliefs about alcohol as a risk factor for cancer

MT Kiviniemi, H Orom, JL Hay, EA Waters - Preventive Medicine Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
Alcohol is a carcinogen. Recommendations to reduce alcohol use to lower cancer risk are
increasingly common. However, neither the beliefs of US adults about alcohol consumption …

[HTML][HTML] Are people aware of the link between alcohol and different types of Cancer?

CM Calvert, T Toomey, R Jones-Webb - BMC Public Health, 2021 - Springer
Background Alcohol consumption is causally linked to several different types of cancer,
including breast, liver, and colorectal cancer. While prior studies have found low awareness …

Do beliefs about alcohol and cancer risk vary by alcoholic beverage type and heart disease risk beliefs?

AB Seidenberg, KP Wiseman, WMP Klein - … Epidemiology, Biomarkers & …, 2023 - AACR
Background: Alcohol is a leading risk factor for cancer, yet awareness of the alcohol–cancer
link is low. Awareness may be influenced by perceptions of potential health benefits of …

Social media use and demographics predicted knowledge about alcohol as a cancer risk factor

R Ma, Z Ma - American Journal of Health Promotion, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Purpose To determine whether social media use, alcohol consumption, and
sociodemographic factors predicted Americans' knowledge about alcohol-related cancer …

Moderate alcohol intake and cancer: the role of underreporting

AL Klatsky, N Udaltsova, Y Li, D Baer… - Cancer Causes & …, 2014 - Springer
Purpose There is compelling evidence that heavy alcohol drinking is related to increased
risk of several cancer types, but the relationship of light–moderate drinking is less clear. We …

Awareness of alcohol as a carcinogen and support for alcohol control policies

AB Seidenberg, KP Wiseman, RH Eck, KD Blake… - American Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction Alcohol use increases cancer risk, yet awareness of this association is low.
Alcohol control policies have the potential to reduce alcohol-caused cancer morbidity and …

Moving beyond the “health halo” of alcohol: what will it take to achieve population awareness of the cancer risks of alcohol?

JL Hay, MT Kiviniemi, H Orom, EA Waters - … Epidemiology, Biomarkers & …, 2023 - AACR
We discuss the implications of Seidenberg and colleagues' report confirming low levels of
accurate awareness of the cancer harms associated with alcohol use, including wine, beer …

Awareness of the link between alcohol consumption and cancer across the world: a review

JK Scheideler, WMP Klein - Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 2018 - AACR
Abstract Since 1988, the International Agency for Research on Cancer has classified alcohol
as a Group 1 carcinogen, the highest level of risk. Growing evidence suggests that alcohol …

[HTML][HTML] Awareness of alcohol as a risk factor for cancer is associated with public support for alcohol policies

S Bates, J Holmes, L Gavens, EG De Matos, J Li… - BMC Public Health, 2018 - Springer
Background Globally, alcohol is causally related to 2.5 million deaths per year and 12.5% of
these are due to cancer. Previous research has indicated that public awareness of alcohol …