Mouth Cancer Awareness Week campaign runs from November 13th to the 19th, with the tagline ‘It Could Be You’. A major part of the campaign is educating people on how they can minimise the risk of developing mouth cancer. The campaign is clear that drinking is a considerable risk factor for mouth cancer, alongside smoking and poor diet.
Campaign details on the British Dental Health Foundation website, Daily Mail story here.
The mouth cancer awareness week guide says this about alcohol:
Although much less documented, alcohol poses almost as big a risk as smoking when it comes to mouth cancer. In addition, because alcohol aids the absorption of tobacco into the mouth, people who smoke and drink alcohol to excess are up to 30 times more likely to develop mouth cancer.
The important thing is not the type of drink that is consumed but the total volume of alcohol.
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