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Relationship between early experiences with tobacco and early experiences with alcohol
- Source :
- Addictive behaviors. 29(6)
- Publication Year :
- 2004
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Abstract
- Initial sensitivity to substances may affect patterns of future use and dependence. Because smoking and alcohol use are strongly linked, because animal studies indicate cross-sensitivity, and because genetic determinants of nicotine and alcohol dependence overlap, we studied the relationships between retrospectively reported responses to both substances in current smokers (n = 111) and never-smokers (n = 86). Early smoking experiences were correlated with comparable responses to alcohol in smokers, and to a lesser extent, in never-smokers. Both pleasurable early experiences with nicotine and pleasurable experiences with alcohol predicted current alcohol intake; pleasurable early experiences with alcohol also predicted alcohol dependence. Neither pleasurable nor displeasurable experiences with either substance predicted current amount smoked or degree of nicotine dependence. These preliminary findings may have implications for understanding the mechanisms underlying the smoking-alcohol link.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Alcohol Drinking
Sensation
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Alcohol
Toxicology
Affect (psychology)
Nicotine
chemistry.chemical_compound
Risk-Taking
Cigarette smoking
medicine
Humans
Nicotine dependence
Retrospective Studies
business.industry
Alcohol dependence
Smoking
Age Factors
Tobacco Use Disorder
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Psychiatry and Mental health
Clinical Psychology
Alcoholism
chemistry
Alcohol intake
Female
Risk taking
business
Social psychology
Clinical psychology
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 03064603
- Volume :
- 29
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Addictive behaviors
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....bd8e9a4e77e34d95d4e30240e8548d11