Cancer Risk
Drinking a bottle of wine per week is equivalent to smoking five to 10 cigarettes a week when it comes to increasing the lifetime risk of developing cancer, according to a new study.
For women, consumption of one bottle of wine per week increased the absolute lifetime risk of cancer to the same extent as smoking 10 cigarettes a week, largely driven by a heightened risk of breast cancer.
Among men, drinking a bottle of wine per week boosted the absolute lifetime risk of cancer equivalent to smoking five cigarettes.
