Lung cancer and bladder cancer are related closely to cigarette smoking. If you want off cigarettes have your physician prescribe one of the nicotine patch products to you. Alcohol intake should be minimized to 1 or 2 ounces a day. Alcohol will wash out many of the water soluble vitamins as well as increase the consumption of Vitamin C, zinc, selenium, magnesium, calcium and potassium. Alcohol in excess will increase fat deposits in the heart and decrease immune function.
Alcohol is a toxin to the bone marrow and can cause liver injury leading to hepatitis and cirrhosis.
Please note that the recommendations made here are based on medical reports and on personal observations. Many of these reports are viewed with skepticism by members of the medical profession. If you review the recommendations made in the 1981 handout you will note that at that time most of the suggestions regarding dietary modifications and vitamins and trace elements would be laughed at. Today, many if not all, of these suggestions are considered good medicine.