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Study in India links even one daily drink to higher buccal mucosa cancer risk, especially with chewing tobacco
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A large case-control study in India reports that drinking about one standard drink a day (roughly 9 grams of alcohol) is associated with an estimated 50% higher risk of buccal mucosa cancer. The researchers also estimate that the combination of alcohol use and chewing tobacco may account for about 62% of cases nationally, with the strongest association seen among people who mainly consumed locally brewed alcoholic beverages.
Koalitionspolitikere i Tyskland kræver en stigning i tobaksafgifts på to euro pr. pakke for at reducere forbruget og generere milliarder i indtægter. De ekstra midler vil blive brugt til at sænke moms på medicin. Sammenlignet med lande som Storbritannien og Australien har Tyskland været skånsom over for cigaretindustrien hidtil.
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