Event Series
Alcohol and Cancer
Tobacco and alcohol use behaviors contribute to cancer risk and to poor outcomes among survivors. Using tobacco and alcohol has synergistic effects on the risk of cancers in the aero-digestive tract. Both behaviors are related in notable ways. For example, current and former tobacco use is a significant predictor of binge drinking, and cancer risk from cigarette smoking increases in a dose-dependent manner alongside increases in alcohol use. Further, alcohol can serve as a contextual and/or disinhibitory trigger for daily or occasional smoking, leading to lower quit rates and higher rates of relapse.
In 2020, NCI published a Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) NOT-CA-20-039 to encourage research on the co-use of tobacco and alcohol as cancer risk factors.
This two-part webinar featured work from grantees who received supplemental funds through this NOSI.
Speakers
Alcohol and smoking on lung cancer risk: A multiethnic cohort study
Associate Professor,
Co-Leader of Population Sciences in the Pacific Program,
University of Hawaii Cancer Center,
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Communicating the risks of tobacco and alcohol co-use
Associate Professor,
Department of Family Medicine,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Communicating the risks of tobacco and alcohol co-use
Assistant Professor,
Department of Family Medicine,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Moderators
Program Director, Tobacco Control Research Branch,
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences,
National Cancer Institute
Program Director, Tobacco Control Research Branch,
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences,
National Cancer Institute