For smokers, alcohol may provide a double whammy. Now we know that once they start drinking, their craving to smoke also increases. |
We did not find evidence that alcohol made people hypersensitive to smoking cues. Instead, consuming alcohol had an additive effect, acting to increase the intensity of the urge that was already present. |
We've long known that alcohol drinkers smoke more, but this is the first study that actually shows that alcohol physically drives up one's craving to smoke. |