The results suggested that once the link with HPV is present, there is no added risk from tobacco use and alcohol consumption, usually regarded as the highest risk factors for this type of throat cancer.

Ok.. this is a joke right? Who the hell wastes time on this kind of study to come out with a 3.4 percent difference?

My first thought was this must say in the fine print "known in the state of california to cause cancer". Then you could assume there was no study done... But in fact they did do a study!

It makes you wonder about the types of research *tools* employed in the study, doesn't it?