When my brother was diagnosed with tongue cancer, he was asked about alcohol use. He was a casual drinker but that is it.

When it came out that he was a heavy, heavy listerine user for about 20 years, in fact he rinsed about 3-4 times a day and left it in his mouth for minutes at a time, his doctor said it could have played a large part.

He could not say definitely, but my brother seemed convinced tht was it.

Since his diagnosis we all switched to Crest pro-health, just in case. We were not heavy users like him, but why take a chance? It does the same thing but with no alcohol.

I know that everyday there will be something that is linked to cancer and panic will set in, but this is a small change and it does make sense with the alcohol.

Again, it comes down to moderation of anything, my brother overused the product, whether it was the cause or not, it could still not be good for you to use it excessively.

But . . . . . .

Susan