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🥃We’ve all been there: the feeling of waking up to a hangover after a night of drinking.

❓But what long-term effects can alcohol have on our bodies?

🍷New research finds alcohol causes almost 25% more cancer cases than previously thought

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🔴Alcohol consumption is likely to have caused 16,800 people in the UK to develop cancer last year, a study published in the Lancet has found

👨👩Almost two thirds (10,600) of cases were in men, with 6,300 in women

❌An individual's risk of cancer increases the more alcohol they drink, the study authors said.

Data showed heavy drinkers accounted for almost half of alcohol-related cancers

🍷"Risky" drinkers, who drink between two and six alcoholic drinks a day, accounted for 37 per cent.

Even moderate drinking – up to two drinks a day – accounted for 14 per cent

Do you limit your alcohol consumption for health reasons?

Michelle Mitchell, Cancer Research UK's chief executive, told @Telegraph that alcohol increased the risk of bowel, breast, laryngeal, liver, mouth, oesophageal and pharyngeal cancers

According to Harriet Rumgay from the International Agency for Research on Cancer, minimum unit pricing would be a ‘positive step’ for England.

🗣️"We urgently need to raise awareness about the link between alcohol consumption and cancer risk,’ she said

Did you know alcohol consumption can lead to cancer?

🔴Alcohol consumption can damage DNA through increased production of harmful chemicals which affect hormone development

Read more on the link between alcohol consumption and cancer 👇

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