For decades, we’ve read that light to moderate alcohol use may be beneficial. That belief has been challenged in recent years. Now, consider this headline: An Estimated Twenty Thousand U.S. Cancer Deaths a Year Can Be Attributed to Alcohol. The statistic comes from an article in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it more plainly: All alcoholic drinks, including red and while wine, beer and liquor are linked with cancer. A national survey by a team from the National Cancer Institute partially explains the problem Only one-third of those surveyed were aware that drinking hard liquor boosts risk of breast cancer, while ten percent believed that drinking wine reduces cancer risk.