Alcohol, Nutrition, and Health Consequences by Ronald Ross Watson Victor R. Preedy & Sherma Zibadi

Author:Ronald Ross Watson, Victor R. Preedy & Sherma Zibadi
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Humana Press, Totowa, NJ

Human Studies

In a double-blind placebo study, researchers distributed regular and denicotinized cigarettes to male smokers [5]. The participants were then asked to complete tasks, which progressively got more demanding, as a way to receive an alcoholic beverage. Results showed that the male smokers with regular cigarettes worked harder during tasks and drank more alcohol than their denicotinized cigarette-smoking counterparts.

Another study used mecamylamine, a nicotinic receptor inhibitor that binds the receptors and prevents nicotine from binding to these receptors. Forty-eight smokers who were also moderate alcohol consumers participated in four lab sessions [6]. The variables consisted of nicotine versus denicotinized cigarette smoke, mecamylamine versus a placebo, and ethanol versus a placebo, where alcohol was used as a between-subjects factor [6]. The data obtained from this study showed that social drinkers who were given mecamylamine experienced less of a “feel good” effect after consuming alcohol than when they normally did. Alcohol consumption often increased the rewarding effects of nicotine. These effects include the smoking satisfaction, stimulating yet calming effects, and the relief of nicotine craving [6].

Both of these studies suggest that alcohol and nicotine must interact in some way with the nicotinic receptors to induce pleasurable effects. Other studies have displayed that interactions between nicotine and alcohol are influenced by many modulating factors like age and gender.

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