Drinking a bottle of wine each week is the same as smoking five to 10 cigarettes a week when it comes to raising the risk of getting cancer, according to a new study.
but are generally not aware that it is the fifth leading cause of cancer and, of course, drinking rates are continuing to increase in many countries," Hydes said.Ruth Etzioni, PhD, a biostatistician at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, was not convinced that comparing cigarettes and alcohol is helpful.
He says the authors are not"scaremongering," and they say so."The paper starts by saying 'we must first be absolutely clear that this study is not saying that drinking alcohol in moderation is in any way equivalent to smoking,'"says Petticrew."The analysis also looked at cancer in isolation, and alcohol causes other health problems which need to be considered.
Not surprisingly, as the amount of alcohol one drinks increased, so did the lifetime risk of alcohol-related cancers. Drinking three bottles of wine per week, or about half a bottle per day, brought a cancer risk increase of 1.9% in men and 3.6% in women, or 19 in 1,000 men and 36 in 1,000 women. This is the same risk from smoking about eight cigarettes per week for men and 23 cigarettes per week for women."We are clear that there are no health benefits from drinking," says Hydes.
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