'Ka Hua Mai Te Mate Pukupuku I Te Inu Waipiro – Alcohol Causes Cancer
2024: This factsheet 'Ka Hua Mai Te Mate Pukupuku I Te Inu Waipiro – Alcohol Causes Cancer' compiles the evidence of alcohol causing cancer from an Aotearoa New Zealand perspective and is calling for greater awareness and action to address the issue.
Did you know? Drinking alcohol causes cancer
Alcohol is responsible for hundreds of cancer cases in Aotearoa New Zealand every year. Most of us know that smoking, asbestos, and sun damage can cause cancer, but it’s less well known that drinking alcohol can too. Alcohol causes cancer by damaging our DNA.
Drinking alcohol doesn’t mean that you’ll definitely get cancer, but the risk is higher the more alcohol we drink.
Cancer? Where?
Drinking alcohol also makes cancer more likely to spread and harder to treat.
How we drink affects the risk
The amount we drink is the most important.
All types of alcoholic drinks cause cancer including wine.
Even light drinking (1–3 standard drinks a week) puts us at risk.
Smoking and drinking at the same time increases the risk of mouth and throat cancer.
Reducing our drinking lowers the risk.Read more here…..https://www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/our-expert-advice/all-expert-advice-papers/alcohol-causes-cancer/
