British researchers found that downing a weekly bottle of vino is on par with smoking five cigarettes for men and 10 cigarettes for women, according to the study, published Thursday in theIn total, the wine consumption increases a man’s “lifetime cancer risk” by 1 per cent and woman’s by 1.4 per cent, according to authors of the study, who crunched UK health and population data.
British researchers found that downing a weekly bottle of vino is on par with smoking five cigarettes for men and 10 cigarettes for women.
But the research fails to consider other arguably more important factors linked to smoking, such as heart disease and respiratory disease, doctors and other medical world critics said. “Although it is an interesting statistical analysis, the study didn’t take into account the effects of alcohol and cigarette smoking on cardiovascular health and other organs,” Francisco Esteva, the head of breast medical oncology at New York University’s Langone Perlmutter Cancer Center, told
. “Comparing the cancer risks associated with a specific number of cigarettes to a bottle of wine is quite simplistic and may send the wrong message.”
What a load of crap
Alcohol should be banned anyway, it's a dangerous substance and the largest contributer to domestic violence in the country. The government needs to step and help, think of the all the lives that could be saved.
What's that smell? Is it bullshit? Why yes it is!
Nonsense!
My research shows Jesus use to turn water into wine and he eventually came back from the dead. Finding: drinking wine makes u immortal
Old news guys, try keep up.
Horse💩. If true the entire population of Italy and other countries would have had a ridiculously high mortality rate for the last millennium at least. Cheers 🍷🍷
Lucky I don't drink. I just smoke.
Must be wrong