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Why do people smoke while drinking alcohol?

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"In addition, alcohol acts on brain receptors to increase the craving to smoke and decrease the time between cigarettes. It works the other way as well, as smoking increases the desire to drink ... and leads to greater alcohol consumption. read more

People crave nicotine more when they are drinking, and crave alcohol more when they are smoking because nicotine dampens the brain's response to alcohol - which means more alcohol is required to experience the same effect. Nicotine increases body's levels of stress hormones which reduces the pleasure smokers get from alcohol. read more

The World Health Organization estimates that each year, around six million deaths can be attributed to nicotine use while about three million trace back to excessive alcohol use. There has been some progress in efforts to curb both smoking and drinking rates, however. read more

But Alcohol and smoking are pleasureable, sociable activities and that’s why people continue doing it. If they can’t live without it, they are addicted. It’s also why we eat tons of cake and chocolate, and there’s great pleasure in eating a bag of hot, crisp potato chips (French fries) with salt and pepper and a drizzling of vinegar. read more

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