From: Rod Phillips, Department of History, Carleton University, Ottawa [log in to unmask] I expect someone will post a fuller account of this, but in case not: The Globe and Mail (Toronto) today reports a study by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Toronto) that indicates that nicotine in cigarettes creates a biochemical impulse to drink more alcohol. Rats trained to drink alcohol increased their alcohol consumption by as much as 30 per cent after being injected with nicotine (equivalent to the amount of the stimulant a peson smoking 10-15 cigarettes would absorb). The results are published today in _Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research_. Roderick Phillips Editor, Journal of Family History/ Professor, Department of History ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Carleton University Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1S 5B6 Tel: (613) 520-2600 ext 2824; fax: (613) 520-2819 Email address: [log in to unmask] ----------------------------------------------------------------------