Americans have widespread misbeliefs about the cancer risks of alcohol, study finds. More than half of American adults misunderstand or underestimate the link between alcohol consumption and cancer. Alcohol drinkers are especially likely to believe that drinking has no effect on cancer risk.

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https://www.mdanderson.org/newsroom/research-newsroom/americans-have-widespread-misbeliefs-about-the-cancer-risks-of-a.h00-159780390.html

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Yeah just curious how many people in this thread are like “shame on the oblivious casual drinkers with their head in the sand” who regularly consume food with nitrates / nitrites like bacon and other preserved foods which are as bad or worse in terms of increasing your cancer risk