This month, the U.S. surgeon general released a new advisory on the link between alcohol and cancer risk.The advisory includes a series of recommendations to increase awareness of the link, including proposing the addition of a warning label on alcohol.”Alcohol is a toxin. The more alcohol that is introduced into your body, the more it’s circulating around waiting to be metabolized,” said Melinda Johnson, clinical professor in the College of Health Solutions at Arizona State University and ASU Online.