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Is your drinking healthy? 3 charts break down the connection between alcohol and cancer, heart disease and more.

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More than 741,000 cases of cancer worldwide in 2020 were attributable to alcohol.

Alcohol is carcinogenic due to the ways it damages cells.

Moderate drinking (especially of red wine) has continued to be perceived by many as heart-healthy.

The World Health Organization has declared that no amount of alcohol is safe.

The lower your use of alcohol, the lower your risk of dying or developing an alcohol-related disease, experts say.

The CDC defines “light” drinking as having had 12 drinks in the past year but no more than three in a week on average.

Experts say there simply isn’t strong enough evidence of any benefit from alcohol to suggest it’s worth taking up drinking.

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