About the Webinar: Alcohol is classified as a Group one carcinogen and is estimated to be one of the top three causes of cancer deaths worldwide. Yet, over 40 per cent of people in Canada remain unaware that alcohol consumption increases the risk of developing at least nine cancers. In this presentation, we’ll look at what is and isn’t known about the relationship between alcohol and cancer. We’ll explore what the Canadian Cancer Society is doing to raise awareness of alcohol as a modifiable cancer risk factor, its commitment to funding world-leading research on this subject, and its advocacy for stronger policies that reduce, and increase awareness about the risk of cancer related to, alcohol consumption. Attendees will be invited to seek more information and/or take action on this important topic. We hope you’ll join us in learning more about cancer risk and alcohol — the most commonly used psychoactive substance in Canada.

1. The link between
alcohol and cancer
April 25th, 2024

2. Canadian Cancer Society (CCS)
Ciana Van Dusen
Advocacy Manager, Prevention and Early Detection

3. What we know

4. What we know

5. What we know
Graphic: Canadian Partnership Against Cancer

6. What we know

7. What we know

8. What we know
Projected annual preventable cancer cases
attributable to alcoholconsumption by applying two
intervention scenarios;
Projected cumulativepreventable cancer cases
attributable to alcoholconsumption by applying
two intervention scenarios.

9. What people in Canada
don't know

10. Canada's Guidance on
Alcohol and Health
Source: Paradis, C., Butt, P., Shield, K., Poole, N., Wells, S., Naimi, T., Sherk, A., & the Low-Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines Scientific Expert Panels.
(2023). Canada’s Guidance on Alcohol and Health: Final Report. Ottawa, Ont.: Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction.

11. Canadian Alcohol Policy Evaluation
(CAPE) 3.0
Source: Naimi, T., Stockwell, T., Giesbrecht, N., Wettlaufer, A., Vallance, K., Farrell-Low, A., Farkouh, E., Ma, J., Priore, B., Vishnevsky, N., Price, T., Asbridge, M., Gagnon, M., Hynes, G., Shelley, J., Sherk, A., Shield, K.,
Solomon, R., Thomas, G. & Thompson, K. (2023). Canadian Alcohol Policy Evaluation 3.0: Federal Results. Victoria, BC: Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research, University of Victoria.

12. Canadian Substance Use
Costs and Harms
Source: Canadian Substance Use Costs and Harms Scientific Working Group. (2023). Canadian substance use costs and harms 2007–2020. (Prepared by the Canadian Institute for
Substance Use Research and the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction.) Ottawa, Ont .:Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction.

13. CCS alcohol recommendation
Limit alcohol. To reduce your cancer risk, it’s best not to drink alcohol.
Canada’s Guidance on Alcohol and Health outlines the health risks of
alcohol and can help you make an informed decision on whether you
drink and how much.
If you choose to drink alcohol, keep your cancer risk as low as possible by
having no more than 2 standard drinks a week. The less alcohol you drink,
the lower your cancer risk.

14. How CCS increases awareness
Online
Prevention
programs
Fundraiser

15. CCS alcohol policy position
The Canadian Cancer Society is
committed to advocating for
stronger policies that reduce
the alcohol consumption of
people in Canada and increase
their awareness about the risk
of cancer related to alcohol
consumption.

16. Research: alcohol warning labels
Source: Vallance K, Stockwell T, Hammond D, Shokar S, Schoueri-Mychasiw N, Greenfield T, McGavock J, Zhao J, Weerasinghe A, Hobin E. Testing the
Effectiveness of Enhanced Alcohol Warning Labels and Modifications Resulting From Alcohol Industry Interference in Yukon, Canada: Protocol for a
Quasi-Experimental Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2020 Jan 10;9(1):e16320. doi: 10.2196/16320. PMID: 31922493; PMCID: PMC6996737.

17. Research: alcohol warning labels
Source: Hobin E, Thielman J, Forbes SM, Poon T, Bélanger-Gravel A, Demers-Potvin É, Haynes A, Li Y, Niquette M, Paradis C, Provencher V, Smith BT,
Wells S, Atkinson A, Vanderlee L. Can a health warning label diminish the persuasive effects of health-oriented nutrition advertising on ready-to-
drink alcohol product packaging? A randomized experiment. Addiction. 2024 Mar 25. doi: 10.1111/add.16475. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38528612.

18. It's just the beginning

19. Take action
• Visit cancer.ca
• Challenge yourself -- join Dry Feb
• See Canada's Guidance on Alcohol and Health
• Join the CAPE CoP
• E-mail ciana.vandusen@cancer.ca

20. Resources for
substance use and addictions
• Health Canada's Wellness Together Canada
• CCSA's list of Addictions Treatment Helplines
• CCSA, CECA and the Government of Alberta's
guide to Finding Quality Addiction Care In
Canada

21. Canadian Cancer Survivor Network
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