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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can someone better versed in the literature than I please tell me how to interpret this 2023 Lancet paper, “Health and cancer risks associated with low levels of alcohol consumption,” if not as evidence that light to moderate drinking appears to be causative for some cancers? Literally, it says:

“Alcohol, as classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, is a toxic, psychoactive, and dependence-producing substance and a Group 1 carcinogen that is causally linked to seven types of cancer, including oesophagus, liver, colorectal, and breast cancers. Alcohol consumptions is associated with 740 000 new cancer cases each year globally.”

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(22)00317-6/fulltext

I’m willing to accept that I’m missing something but I’d love to know what. [/quote]

Well, you only read the conclusion and didn’t look at the data yourself. Instead of cutting and pasting the conclusion, paste the data that proves its causative and not correlative. Furthermore, even if it’s causative, I notice what you paste doesn’t show what it causes. And what that is, is a small increase in one’s risk. When the risk is already under .40 for even the most common, a slight increase in risk still doesn’t lead to a cancer warning. But again, read the data, not the opinions. [/quote]

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