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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My non drinking mom died of cancer.

My non drinking aunt has Parkinson’s.

Life is too short. [/quote]

Those genes are a good reason not to drink.[/quote]

PP and my drinking, smoking grandmothers lived to nearly 90.

I know we’d all like to think we can control things, but we don’t.[/quote]
+1 My drinking, smoking grandmothers lived into their 90s before dying of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. The one with Alzheimer’s only quit smoking because she forgot she smoked. My dad had an old fashioned almost every night and died at 85 with glioblastoma which all his doctors insisted had nothing to do with  moderate alcohol consumption.[/quote]

considering the recent developments in connecting alcohol to cancer, i wouldn't put too much weight into what your dad's doctors said.

also, you clearly understand that just because your grandmothers smoked and didn't die of lung cancer it's not particularly meaningful. my grandmother smoked and DID die of lung cancer. they're both anecdotal and not really useful.

actual research shows an undeniable cancer link. more research is needed, but it's pretty well established that alcohol is like tobacco--some people may not develop cancer, but there is also no threshold of consumption under which you dont' have a cancer risk.

your grandmothers sound lucky, your father... who can say because the research is new and developing.[/quote]

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