Cancer Deaths Attributable to Alcohol Rose 58% Over the Last 33 Years

CNN reports that alcohol “may play a greater role in death from numerous types of cancers in the United States than previously known, according to a new study.” “While it’s true that overall cancer mortality has declined, we found the percentage of cancer deaths proportionally attributable to alcohol rose over 58% in people 20 and older over the last 33 years,” said the study’s first author Dr. Chinmay Jani… It didn’t take much alcohol to raise one’s risk — about one standard drink a day, every day, Jani said.