Public awareness of the alcohol-cancer link in the EU and UK: a scoping review.

"Conflict of interest None declared. C.F.-B., M.N. and G.G. are staff members of World Health Organization; D.K. and A.T. are WHO consultants. The authors alone are responsible for the views expressed here and these do not necessarily represent the decisions or the stated policy of WHO. Key points:In the EU, general population’s awareness of link between alcohol and cancer is still often lacking, although it is higher for cancer in general than for specific cancers, and varies by country and question wording.Awareness of link between alcohol and specific cancers (e.g. breast cancer) is especially low.Cancer awareness was found to be higher in convenience samples of young people and health professionals.More efforts are necessary to inform the European population about the relationship between alcohol and cancer."

"Funding The research leading to these results or outcomes has received funding from the EU4Health under Contribution Agreement no. SANTE/2022/SI2.883729 (Addressing alcohol harm—capacity building, raising awareness and implementation of best practices in the Union). Its contents are the sole responsibility of authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union."