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Smoking, Drinking Up Risks of Gut, Throat Cancers
Smoking, Drinking Up Risks of Gut, Throat Cancers
Smoking, Drinking Up Risks of Gut, Throat Cancers
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elevated risks, though they were lower than current smokers' -around 40 percent for each cancer, versus people who had never smoked-. Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma was the only cancer for which smoking and drinking were both risk factors. What's more, the two habits showed additive effects; current smokers who drank more than the equivalent of a glass or two of wine per day were eight times more likely to develop the cancer than non-smokers who drank little to no alcohol. Other known or suspected risk factors for stomach cancer include family history of the disease, diets high in salted, smoked or pickled foods, and infection with the ulcer-causing bacterium H. pylori (though most people with this common infection never develop the cancer). For esophageal cancer, other risk factors include obesity and chronic acid reflux. Men have higher rates of both stomach and esophageal cancers than women do.
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