If the State of California is to be believed, basically everything I come in contact with in my daily life has carcinogenic properties. That's just a simple fac

If the State of California is to be believed, basically everything I come in contact with in my daily life has carcinogenic properties. That's just a simple fact. Thus the actual target is to limit contact with carcinogens such that the body can maintain homeostasis. Cancer is a particularly unpleasant and potentially permanent failure of maintaining homeostasis, but that doesn't change the general principle. Also there is a concept called hormesis, which tells us that in some situations being exposed to stressors, which is to say stimuli that temporarily disrupt homeostasis, actually improves the body's overall ability to maintain homeostasis. None of that is to downplay the well known risks of alcohol abuse. It's an avoidable cause of death and disability.