Beloved,
I wish above all things that thou mayest...be in health...
3 John 1:2
"A new review of epidemiological evidence supports a causal association between alcohol consumption and cancers at seven sites in the body: oropharynx, larynx, oesophagus, liver, colon, rectum and female breast. This is a stronger statement than the long-recognised association between alcohol and cancer.
An association means there is a relationship of some kind between the two variables.
A causal association means there is evidence that alcohol consumption directly causes cancer. The causal link was supported by evidence for a dose-response relationship, at least partial reversal of risk when alcohol consumption is reduced." MedicalXpress