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Avoid Hot tea with alcohol as it increase risk of Oesophageal cancer

A people drinking of hot boiling tea with alcohol (>15gm/day) have 1.5 times probability of developing oesophageal cancer. This is shown by a prospective study done over 456,155 normal persons (aged 30-79 years) in 2004-2008 in China (follow up period 9.2 years). 0.4% developed esophageal cancer. Reference -  Ann Intern Med 2018 Feb 6 early online , editorial can be found in  Ann Intern Med 2018 Feb 6 early online