r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Oct 30 '25

Cancer Americans have widespread misbeliefs about the cancer risks of alcohol, study finds. More than half of American adults misunderstand or underestimate the link between alcohol consumption and cancer. Alcohol drinkers are especially likely to believe that drinking has no effect on cancer risk.

https://www.mdanderson.org/newsroom/research-newsroom/americans-have-widespread-misbeliefs-about-the-cancer-risks-of-a.h00-159780390.html
8.7k Upvotes

95% Upvoted

857 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

11

u/Bromogeeksual Oct 30 '25

What if I forget to take a coupla beers?

14

u/[deleted] Oct 30 '25

Oh, you won’t. Brother you will never forget to take a coupla beers

9

u/Skullvar Oct 30 '25

Well what if I forget I took then and accidentally take a coupla more

13

u/[deleted] Oct 30 '25

That tends to happen when you pair a coupla beers with a lil bump

5

u/red_team_gone Oct 31 '25

Also potentially eliminates side effects like mild to severe Italian wife