Killer Pancreatic Cancer Stems From Drinking Without Smoke

Originally posted by snowspirit
I read the article twice, and didn't see any stats in there that said smoking helps the risk go down.
You do NOT get any protection from smoking!

If you're a smoker, the chances of getting lung cancer are much higher than getting pancreatic cancer. In absolute terms, your risk of developing liver cancer and cirrhosis [from drinking] are going to be higher than pancreatic cancer."

Smoker = lung cancer risk is higher than pancreatic cancer

if you are a heavy drinker and actually pass on those tobacco smoke cravings that often come with a few cocktails, you still have a 36% higher risk of dying from cancer of the pancreas.

You STILL have a higher risk from pancreatic cancer EVEN if you pass on the smokes.

"In this large, prospective study, we were able to examine the association between alcohol intake and pancreatic cancer mortality in never-smokers, and across range of daily intake. This association appeared to be only with liquor intake, and not with beer or wine intake.

Overall, these findings add to the evidence that heavy alcohol intake is an independent risk factor for pancreatic cancer.

The study was related to cancer from alcohol, that's why non-smokers were studied. They didn't study smokers.

Pancreatic cancer has one of the highest fatality rates of all cancers, and is the fourth-highest cancer killer in the United States among both men and women. Although it accounts for only 2.5% of new cases, pancreatic cancer is responsible for 6% of cancer deaths each year.

Drinking can cause cancer all by itself, but not with beer or wine.

edit on 16-3-2011 by snowspirit because:

Did anyone actually read the article? Snowspirit is right, this article doesn't claim that smoking saves drinkers. The author of the article misunderstood the findings and gave it a misleading title that goes against what's in the article.