Study suggests link between smoking and alcohol.
The starting point for exciting new research on the link between tobacco and alcohol began in a smoke-filled meeting that a scientist stumbled upon 20 years ago in Toronto. I've never seen so many people smoking in my life. It was incredible. When Dr. Le found out that the meet-ing was for members of Alcoholics Anonymous, a question came into his head that still engrosses him and many others. Working in collaboration with another prominent researcher at the centre, Dr. Le found that nicotine actually increased the desire for alcohol among laboratory rats.