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creators_name: Jackson, Sarah E
creators_name: Oldham, Melissa
creators_name: Garnett, Claire
creators_name: Brown, Jamie
creators_name: Shahab, Lion
creators_name: Cox, Sharon
title: Smoking, and to a lesser extent non-combustible nicotine use, is associated with higher levels of alcohol consumption and risky drinking
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divisions: UCL
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divisions: D12
divisions: J96
keywords: Increasing and higher risk drinking, Alcohol, Tobacco, Smoking, Vaping, E-cigarettes, Heated
tobacco, Nicotine pouches, Heat not burn, GP advice, Primary care, Quit attempts
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abstract: This study aimed to estimate differences in alcohol consumption, receipt of alcohol brief intervention, and alcohol reduction attempts by smoking status and use of non-combustible nicotine (including e-cigarettes, nicotine replacement therapy, heated tobacco products, or nicotine pouches). Data were from a representative household survey of adults in England (n = 188,878). Participants who reported former or current smoking scored approximately 1 point higher, on average, on the AUDIT-C (which measures alcohol consumption) than those who had never regularly smoked (B
            adj=0.97 [95%CI 0.93–1.00] and 0.92 [0.87–0.96], respectively) and had double the odds of risky drinking (AUDIT-C ≥ 5: ORadj=2.04 [1.98–2.10] and 2.03 [1.97–2.10], respectively), while differences for those who did versus did not use non-combustible nicotine use were less pronounced (AUDIT-C: B
            adj=0.14 [0.08–0.21]; AUDIT-C ≥ 5: ORadj=1.09 [1.04–1.13]). Among participants who engaged in risky drinking, those who smoked (vs. not) were more likely to report receiving alcohol brief interventions, and those attempting to quit smoking (vs. not) were more likely to report alcohol reduction attempts. Overall, combustible and - less so - non-combustible nicotine use is associated with higher levels of alcohol consumption and risky drinking.
date: 2025-02-26
date_type: published
publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-89750-2
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
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doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-89750-2
lyricists_name: Brown, James
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actors_name: Brown, James
actors_id: JBROW12
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full_text_status: public
publication: Scientific Reports
volume: 15
number: 1
article_number: 6851
citation:        Jackson, Sarah E;    Oldham, Melissa;    Garnett, Claire;    Brown, Jamie;    Shahab, Lion;    Cox, Sharon;      (2025)    Smoking, and to a lesser extent non-combustible nicotine use, is associated with higher levels of alcohol consumption and risky drinking.                   Scientific Reports , 15  (1)    , Article 6851.  10.1038/s41598-025-89750-2 <https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-89750-2>.       Green open access   
 
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