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1: Am J Addict. 2008 Sep-Oct;17(5):347-53.Click here to read Links

Sex differences in the relationship between alcohol-associated smoking urge and behavior: a pilot study.

King A, Epstein A, Conrad M, McNamara P, Cao D.

Department of Psychiatry, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA. aking@bsd.uchicago.edu

This study examined sex differences in alcohol-associated smoking urge and smoking patterns to elucidate factors contributing to the co-use of alcohol and cigarettes. Participants were 39 (22M, 17F) binge-drinking tobacco chippers. Although men and women showed similar alcohol-smoking patterns and similar alcohol-induced smoking urges, a positive association between these factors was observed only in men. The lack of relationship in women suggests that co-use of these substances may be due to exteroceptive factors beyond the pharmacological effects of alcohol potentiating smoking urge.

PMID: 18770076 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]