Not Worth the Risk
Story by V. Michelle Bernard
While some health experts have advocated a small amount of wine for health benefits, Seventh-day Adventists have long been against alcohol consumption in any amount.
In the 2025 United States Surgeon General’s Advisory report, then-U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy called on alcohol companies to include a label alerting consumers to the risks of drinking. The advisory highlighted alcohol consumption as a leading preventable cause of cancer in the U.S. The report also noted that more people die from alcohol-related cancer deaths than the number of alcohol-associated traffic deaths.
It also highlighted that, of the global 741,300 cancer cases related to alcohol consumption in 2020, more than 185,000 of them resulted from the consumption of two drinks or less a day. It cited that “17 percent of the 20,000 U.S. alcohol-related cancer deaths per year occur at levels within the [U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans] recommended limits.”
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