Drinking a bottle of wine ‘has same cancer risk as smoking 10 cigarettes’
Boozing is known to increase the chances of seven types of tumour.They calculated the raised cancer risk from abreast cancerSouthampton University’s Dr Theresa Hydes said: “Heavy drinking is linked to cancer of the mouth, throat, voice box, gullet, bowel, liver and breast.Ban sale of cigarettes to under 21s to save lives, MPs and doctors demandWONDER WOMBRich kids 'will live 7 years longer than children born in poorest areas'Yet, in contrast to smoking, this is not widely understood.
But Oxford University’s Jane Green said: “Lifetime risk is around one per cent higher for men and women who drink a bottle a week.”Former alcoholics reveal their horror stories in Channel 5's new documentary Alcohol & Me
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