Take this test and discover your risk of mouth cancer
More than three in four (78 per cent) adults do not consider themselves to be at risk of mouth cancer, but a new poll finds many Brits are putting themselves in danger by smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, poor diet and regular oral sex. As part of November’s Mouth Cancer Action Month, the Oral Health Foundation wants to raise awareness of the disease and has created a test for you to determine your mouth cancer risk.
The majority of Brits do not consider themselves to be at risk of mouth cancer yet confess to regularly putting themselves in danger through exposure to the disease’s leading causes, a new poll finds.
Latest research by the Oral Health Foundation reveals more than three in four (78 per cent) British adults believe they are not at risk of being diagnosed with mouth cancer, despite many admitting to smoking and drinking excessive amounts of alcohol.
Almost one in five (18 per cent) polled smoke, nearly half (48 per cent) drink alcohol on a regular basis, close to a third (31 per cent) confess to having an unhealthy diet while more than one in ten (11 per cent) have oral sex at least once a week.
Smoking, drinking alcohol to excess, poor diet and the human papillomavirus (HPV) transmitted through oral sex, are all heavily linked to a greater risk of developing mouth cancer.
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