Why does drinking increase the urge to smoke?

Anyone who smokes knows that one of the worst difficulties when quitting is any social event: finding smoking friends becomes a problem, as does drinking any kind of alcohol - it always makes you want to smoke. Regarding drinking, it is worth noting that there are occasional smokers, who only give in to cigarettes on weekends, when they go out with friends and do what? Drink it.

A recent study by researchers at the University of Missouri attempted to understand this relationship between alcohol consumption and a greater desire to smoke. Apparently this is because alcohol is a depressant of the nervous system, which makes us tired and sleepy. Nicotine, on the other hand, is stimulating.

To conclude that cigarettes actually ignite what alcohol extinguishes, the researchers studied brain responses in rats given both alcohol and nicotine. The study focused on assessing the frontal brain area of ​​animals, related to reflexes, learning and attention.

By the end of the experiment, it was more than clear: nicotine acts as a sleep suppressant, decreasing the depressant effect of alcohol. In the conclusion of the study, the researchers stated that it is now possible to say that nicotine acts not only as a stimulant and recreational drug, but also as a suppressant of the depressive effect of alcohol - so perhaps it is cool for those who want to quit smoking, stay a time without drinking too.

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