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Sex Differences in the Relationship Between Alcohol‐ Associated Smoking Urge and Behavior: A Pilot Study

Year: 2008

Type: article

Abstract: 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.

Source: American Journal on Addictions

DOI: 10.1080/10550490802268140

Authors: Andrea King, Alyssa Epstein, Megan Conrad, Patrick McNamara, Dingcai Cao

Institutions: University of Chicago, University of California, Los Angeles

Language: English

Topic: Smoking Behavior and Cessation

Subfield: Physiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Cancer Institute, National Center for Research Resources