Cirrhosis of the liver is caused by the chronic intake of:

Explanation

Cirrhosis is a condition in which the liver responds to injury or death of some of its cells by producing interlacing strands of fibrous tissue between which are nodules of regenerating cells. The liver becomes tawny and characteristically knobbly (due to the nodules). One of the causes includes alcoholism (alcoholic cirrhosis). Chronic infection with hepatitis B or hepatitis C viruses can lead to liver inflammation and fibrosis, eventually progressing to cirrhosis.