Reducing drinking could help with smoking cessation, research finds
Thursday, December 27, 2018 - 15:50
in Health & Medicine
New research has found that heavy drinkers who are trying to stop smoking may find that reducing their alcohol use can also help them quit their daily smoking habit. Heavy drinkers' nicotine metabolite ratio -- a biomarker that indicates how quickly a person's body metabolizes nicotine -- reduced as they cut back on their drinking.