Alcohol As A Carcinogen and Cocarcinogen
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (Centre International de Recherche sur le Cancer) of the World Health Organization has classified alcohol as a Group 1 carcinogen. Its evaluation states, "There is sufficient evidence for the carcinogenicity of alcoholic beverages in humans. …Alcoholic beverages are carcinogenic to humans (Group 1)."
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“Two great European narcotics, alcohol and Christianity.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)