The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published online on June 25, 2009
The European Journal of Public Health, doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckp094
© The Author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association. All rights reserved.
Commentary |
Underappreciated role of binge drinking in the risk of lung cancer
Napoleon Waszkiewicz1, S
awomir Dariusz Szajda2,
Beata Konarzewska1,
Agata Szulc1,
Alina K
pka3 and
Krzysztof Zwierz4
1 Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of Bia
ystok, Plac Brodowicza 1 Str., 16-070 Choroszcz, Poland
2 Department of Pharmaceutical Biochemistry, Medical University of Bia
ystok, Mickiewicza 2a Str., 15-222 Bia
ystok, Poland
3 Department of Biochemistry and Experimental Medicine, the Children's Memorial Health Institute, Dzieci Polskich 20 Str. Warsaw- Mi
dzylesie, Poland
4 Medical Institute, College of Computer Science and Business Administration, Akademicka 14 Str., 18-400
om
a, Poland
Correspondence:Napoleon Waszkiewicz, Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of Bia
ystok, 16-070 Choroszcz, Poland, tel: +48 85 7193977, e-mail: napoleonwas@yahoo.com; napwas@wp.pl
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In their article, Tariola and colleagues1 reported that binge drinking was not associated with an increased risk of lung cancer among non-smokers, but among smokers it was. However, the number of lung cancer cases among non-smokers was relatively