Drinking a Bottle of Wine Per Week Is Equivalent to Smoking Up to 10 Cigarettes

DON’T DRINK TO THAT

Cancer risk equivalent to 10 cigarettes for a woman, 5 for a man.

Published Mar. 28 2019 8:34AM EDT

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Writing in the British health journal BMC Public Health, researchers say that men and women are not equal when it comes to the risks associated with alcohol as compared to those associated with smoking.

Barbie Latza Nadeau

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Drinking a Bottle of Wine Per Week Is Equivalent to Smoking Up to 10 Cigarettes

Cancer risk equivalent to 10 cigarettes for a woman, 5 for a man.

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Barbie Latza Nadeau