Smoking, and to a lesser extent non-combustible nicotine use, is associated with higher levels of alcohol consumption and risky drinking. (www.nature.com)
from Bee@mander.xyz to science@mander.xyz on 26 Feb 2025 09:45
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miseducator@lemmy.world on 26 Feb 2025 10:47 next collapse

Ya don’t say!

Septimaeus@infosec.pub on 26 Feb 2025 11:58 collapse

I don’t envy researchers tasked with validating common sense conclusions, but someone has to do it

Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works on 26 Feb 2025 12:26 collapse

“do people with substance addictions also have other substances addictions” seems like a REALLY hard thing to control for too.

iii@mander.xyz on 26 Feb 2025 12:54 collapse

The paper doesn’t make any claims about causal relationships, it only looks at co-occurance. So no need to account for confounding factors.