Alcohol is enjoyable and I prioritize happiness and satisfaction. I’ll gladly trade in some risk for a delicious beverage and a buzz every once in awhile.
It’s better with alcohol and that is already not an ideal drug in that regard
Is one cigarette a day better or worse for you that one standard drink?
But it’s really hard to find actual estimates, most web searches just turn up the same ‘all drinking is bad’ message. I suspect the effect is small enough to be difficult to quantify.
Whereas some research puts the risk increase for getting lung cancer from heavy smoking at 2000%, or more. Twenty times the rate of non-smokers.