Smoking Cures Drunkenness?
From some TV station in Lansing, MI that’s too lazy to cite a source:
For many party people, smoking and drinking go hand in hand, but a new study finds cigarettes may in fact reduce the effects of alcohol. Testing on rats found as nicotine levels increased, alcohol levels decreased. Researchers think nicotine may delay the body’s absorption of alcohol. Future testing is planned to see if the same holds true for humans.
Google didn’t find me the study, but it did find me this from two years ago: Alcohol Boosts Smoking’s Effects. That study basically says that alcohol and smoking are highly correlated. One of the theories behind the relationship is that alcohol enhances the “good” benefits of nicotine, such as feelings of satisfaction and calm. Of course, this new unnamed study appears to say something completely different: be less drunk now but be cancer-ridden later.
