Originally Posted by Fluffer

If you're really worried about it, you can google the websites of reputable medical associations for trustworthy information. But honestly from what you are saying I don't see the reason for your level of concern. I guess people can get cirrhosis in a few years from really bad abuse, but those are probably outliers. People can get lung or esophogal cancer and die in their twenties as well, but it's statistically a very remote possibility.