• chaogomu@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    While alcohol is a carcinogen, it only accounts for something like 3% of cancers deaths, mostly paired with liver disease. Hell, breathing air in a city causes more cancer deaths than alcohol.

    This whole article reads like a modern temperance movement, trying to stamp out vice by comparing one harm to another, despite how different the harms are.

    We know the harms of alcohol, they are different than the harms of tobacco. They should not be regulated the same. This article misses that completely.

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      11 months ago

      Being a carcinogen is alcohols minor side effect. Don’t forget alcohol poisoning and the damage it does to families and relationships due to alcoholism, and another biggie, driving under the influence.

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        11 months ago

        He clearly didn’t forget, unless you think tobacco also carries the same family and relationship damage and driving under the influence problems?

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        11 months ago

        Yes

        We know the harms of alcohol, they are different than the harms of tobacco. They should not be regulated the same. This article misses that completely.

        I just didn’t list out the harms of alcohol, or how they’re regulated, because I thought everyone knew.