Drinking over 1 pint "raises cancer risk"

What you are also not counting in is that tobacco doesn't cause of any rapes, assaults, broken bones, violence etc.

2.5mil die every year, but how many get wounded for rest of their life, how many get wounded or abused even though they weren't the one drinking?

I'm not arguing that point (is anyone?), extreme consumption of alcohol is very bad and causes lots of indirect damage (I'd say more than cigarettes). However, alcohol can be consumed at levels that don't cause problems at all if the person doing it is responsible about it (like not driving when drunk).