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How does drinking compare to other factors that increase cancer risk? Alcohol is the third leading preventable cause of cancer in the U.S., behind tobacco and obesity, according to the surgeon ...
[87] However, studies on the relationship between alcohol consumption and lung cancer have yielded conflicting results. Studies are typically impacted by confounding due to factors like smoking which is one of the most significant risk factors for the development of lung cancer. The association of alcohol consumption with lung cancer is unclear ...
Reducing consumption or stopping drinking altogether can decrease the risk of developing alcohol-related cancers by 8%, and for any cancer by 4%, the report said.
U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy said Friday that there is a direct link between alcohol consumption and increased risk for cancer, including cancers of the breast, esophagus, liver and ...
Worldwide, alcohol consumption causes approximately 144,000 women to be diagnosed with breast cancer each year. [3] Approximately 38,000 women die from alcohol-induced breast cancer each year. [ 3 ] About 80% of these women were heavy or moderate drinkers.
[11] [12] Using alcohol, especially together with tobacco, is a major risk factor for head and neck cancer. 72% of head and neck cancer cases are caused by using both alcohol and tobacco. [40] This rises to 89% when looking specifically at laryngeal cancer. [41] Health risks of alcohol consumption
It also must state that "consumption of alcoholic beverages impairs your ability to drive a car or operate machinery, and may cause health problems". Ireland to introduce alcohol label health warning
The level of ethanol consumption that minimizes the risk of disease, injury, and death is subject to some controversy. [16] Several studies have found a J-shaped relationship between alcohol consumption and health, [17] [18] [2] [19] meaning that risk is minimized at a certain (non-zero) consumption level, and drinking below or above this level increases risk, with the risk level of drinking a ...