Bottle of Wine and 10 cigarettes equally dangerous: study
| Apr 1, 2019, 17:47 IST
Even when packs of cigarette didn’t come with a gory packaging, we knew they weren’t good for the health. Wine on the other hand always had a good reputation when it came to the health. Its neat, clean and classy packaging was justified. Or so we thought. According to a recent study, a bottle of wine causes the same amount of damage 10 cigarettes do.
The study was published in the BMC Public Health and said that drinking one whole bottle of wine per week can increase the risk of cancer, by the equivalent of 10 cigarettes. Although, it isn’t as easy as it comes. Apparently, a person’s gender also plays a role in this case.
Women are prone to increased cancer risk because increased breast cancer risk is also linked to drinking. However, men might have it worse. For men, the risk is similar to that caused by five cigarettes.
The result of the study as mentioned in the study is, “One bottle of wine per week is associated with an increased absolute lifetime cancer risk for non-smokers of 1.0% (men) and 1.4% (women). The overall absolute increase in cancer risk for one bottle of wine per week equals that of five (men) or ten cigarettes per week (women).”
Speaking about the same, lead study author Dr. Theresa Hydes, of the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, said, “It is well established that heavy drinking is linked to cancer of the mouth, throat, voice box, gullet, bowel, liver, and breast. Yet, in contrast to smoking, this is not widely understood by the public. We hope that by using cigarettes as the comparator we could communicate this message more effectively to help individuals make more informed lifestyle choices.”
Looks like your classy wine isn’t so healthy after all. Our heart breaks to hear this too!
The study was published in the BMC Public Health and said that drinking one whole bottle of wine per week can increase the risk of cancer, by the equivalent of 10 cigarettes. Although, it isn’t as easy as it comes. Apparently, a person’s gender also plays a role in this case.
Women are prone to increased cancer risk because increased breast cancer risk is also linked to drinking. However, men might have it worse. For men, the risk is similar to that caused by five cigarettes.
The result of the study as mentioned in the study is, “One bottle of wine per week is associated with an increased absolute lifetime cancer risk for non-smokers of 1.0% (men) and 1.4% (women). The overall absolute increase in cancer risk for one bottle of wine per week equals that of five (men) or ten cigarettes per week (women).”
Speaking about the same, lead study author Dr. Theresa Hydes, of the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, said, “It is well established that heavy drinking is linked to cancer of the mouth, throat, voice box, gullet, bowel, liver, and breast. Yet, in contrast to smoking, this is not widely understood by the public. We hope that by using cigarettes as the comparator we could communicate this message more effectively to help individuals make more informed lifestyle choices.”
Looks like your classy wine isn’t so healthy after all. Our heart breaks to hear this too!