Alcohol consumption directly causes 7 kinds of cancer.

In a paper published online by Addiction Jennie Connor concludes on the basis of  meta-analysis of epidemiological and biological research and  more recent epidemiological studies    concludes  that the evidence supports the judgement that alcohol causes 7 cancers: oropharynx, larynx, oesophagus, liver colon, rectum and female breast.   The strength of the association varies by site.

She concludes: From a public health perspective, alcohol is estimated to have caused approximately half a million deaths from cancer in 2012; 5.8% of cancers worldwide. The highest risks are associated with the heaviest drinking, but a considerable burden is experiences by drinkers with low to moderate consumption, dies to the distribution of drinking in the population. Thus, population wide reduction in alcohol consumption will have an important effect on the incidence of these conditions, while targeting the heaviest drinkers alone has limited potential

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