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doesn't the alcohol content in listerine increase the risk of oral cancers I read somewhere?

• buildbot 5y ago
  Any alcohol would most likely, it is not very good for you. Really, anything that causes a lot of repair to be needed due to cell death. For example, hot drinks, smoking, hydrogen peroxide, life.
• technothrasher 5y ago
  Maybe? There seems to be evidence that alcohol based mouthwash is an increased risk when associated with other factors (most notably smoking, drinking, and betel nut chewing), but not much data to show it is an independent risk factor in itself. Here is one study and a meta-analysis for reference: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1368837514000657 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S13688... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6982979/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6982979/