Cancer risks increase with alcohol use, leading to over 740k cases last year

Re:Cancer risks increase with alcohol use, leading to over 7... by refurb on Saturday July 17, 2021 @01:52AM (#27863794)

My sister works as a nurse in a geriatric department her attitude is “if I make it to 70 I’m going to start smoking”. She’s seen plenty of people with healthy bodies and destroyed minds to know she’s rather avoid that kind of fate.

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Re:Cancer risks increase with alcohol use, leading to over 7... by machinehermiter on Saturday July 17, 2021 @04:45AM (#27864453)

65-70 is my age for this.

No kids/grandkids for me so I don't see much value in old age.

I have to live now and only have 15-20 good years left. Once that time comes it is time to party. Cigars, weed and rum. A broken down physical body with an even more broken down mind is a fate worse than death to me.

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Re:Cancer risks increase with alcohol use, leading to over 7... by unixhero on Saturday July 17, 2021 @05:20AM (#27864567)

Dude that is a depressing attitude you have to life.

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Re:Cancer risks increase with alcohol use, leading to over 7... by jjgreen on Saturday July 17, 2021 @07:06AM (#27864984)

Realistic and pragmatic I'd say ...

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Re:Cancer risks increase with alcohol use, leading to over 7... by synquid on Saturday July 17, 2021 @04:36AM (#27864409)

Lowering your expected lifetime probably also lowers your expected time until disease.

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Re:Cancer risks increase with alcohol use, leading to over 7... by refurb on Saturday July 17, 2021 @05:53AM (#27864698)

I think the trade she was making was substituting a quicker death at a younger age versus a longer death at an older age.

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