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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s so sad how strongly you will all defend alcohol to your deaths, just to justify your own use. You don’t think smoking was also once such a thing? [/quote]

Well alcohol has been around for much of human history, while chemical filled cigarettes were mostly an invention of the 20th century. But keep plugging away at those false equivalencies. [/quote]

Actually, like alcohol use, smoking tobacco goes back 5000 years and is culturally significant in many cultures, but usually on ceremony, not as a frequent habit. But hey,myou keep defending your daily poison, your way.

I’m guessing you don’t want to know that drinking a bottle of wine is the same as smoking 5-10 cigarettes, right? Because you enjoy it. [/quote]

What on earth are you talking about? The same as smoking cigarettes?[/quote]

https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/alcohol/alcohol-fact-sheet

https://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/arh293/193-198.pdf

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The NIH doc with the Italian/Swiss study actually discredits the statement that "alcohol is the same as cigarettes" if you actually read the study (I know, I know, so much to ask). And they found an elevated (75%) risk of some of the cancers studied for drinkers at 2 standard drinks a day. Nothing in this about levels less than that, which is what most people in this thread are talking about.  [/quote]

Not to mention the risks of other "deadly" activities, like, ahem, sitting (https://www.cancer.org/latest-news/sitting-time-linked-to-higher-risk-of-death-from-all-causes.html ) or sugar (https://osher.ucsf.edu/patient-care/integrative-medicine-resources/cancer-and-nutrition/faq/sugar-and-cancer)

Everyone has their own risk tolerance, and people allocate it differently. People can take on more risk w/r/t alcohol than you might thinks is wise, but that doesn't mean that they're alcoholics or are going to end up with cancer because of their drinking.

(Personal disclosure: I exercise religiously. I have never smoked, don't do drugs of any kind, have about 8 drinks a week, eat a balanced diet, take a lot of plane trips in normal times. I'm comfortable with my risk threshold. If I had a family history of alcoholism or cancer, which I don't, I'd probably drink less.) [/quote]

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