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" There&amp;#039;s a lot of controversy on the benefits and the health concerns tied to drinking wine. Some laud it as the reason the Europeans have such low levels of heart disease, while others argue that just one glass of alcohol a day can increase common cancers in women. Now the British government is starting a heavy advertising campaign to get the word out that drinking alcohol triples the risk of oral cancer. As reported in the Telegraph, the government wants to convey that &amp;quot;men should not drink more than four units a day and women should have no more than three.&amp;quot; What is three units? The equivalent of 250ml glass of wine or a pint of beer. Doubling that number, which would be two glasses, increases the risk of oral cancer by three-fold. More From Delish: 8 Kitchen Tips That Can Help Prevent Breast Cancer The study, published in the December 2011 issue of the British Journal of Cancer, determined that alcohol was a major risk factor when it came to cancer. Researchers estimated that 37% of oral and pharyngeal cancers in men and 17% in women in the UK were linked to alcohol, according to the organization Cancer Research UK. And heavy drinkers and smokers have 38 times the risk versus those who abstain from both those habits. However, previous studies showed that it&amp;#039;s the amount of ethanol in the alcohol you drink may contribute to your risk factor. More From Delish: Eat This Now: The Health Benefits of Vitamin D On the heels of this news, the British government plans to send two million leaflets to health professionals and encourage alcohol-free days. According to the Daily Mail &amp;quot;a fifth of adults [in the UK] regularly consume more than the safe daily limits.&amp;quot; Would you approve of running a similar advertising campaign in the U.S. to reduce the consumption of alcohol? Did you know the cancer risks? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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