Drink a day increases breast cancer risk by 6%

A woman's risk of breast cancer increases by 6% for every extra alcoholic drink she has on a daily basis, say British researchers.

Drink a day increases breast cancer risk by 6%

A woman's risk of breast cancer increases by 6% for every extra alcoholic drink she has on a daily basis, say British researchers.

But smoking, which causes 15 other types of cancer, does not contribute to breast cancer, according to the world's largest study of women's tobacco and alcohol habits.

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