It’s a matter of proportion. A normal smoking habit puts somebody at (if I remember correctly) something like a 50% chance of dying early from a smoking-caused disease. As another reply to your commenter said, as much as 90% of lung cancers are cause by smoking. In comparison, this study is talking about an estimated 4.1% of cancer cases being attributable to alcohol, and only 13.3% of that for the ‘light to moderate’ category, which many would consider still a fairly substantial consumption.
It’s not nothing, and yes, there needs to be stronger messaging about the dangers of heavy drinking, binge drinking etc., but having a couple (2-4) of beers or glasses of wine a week is not massively increasing your risk of cancer, much more than just living somewhere with high UV or a lot of roads.
It’s not nothing, and yes, there needs to be stronger messaging about the dangers of heavy drinking, binge drinking etc., but having a couple (2-4) of beers or glasses of wine a week is not massively increasing your risk of cancer, much more than just living somewhere with high UV or a lot of roads.