Bee@mander.xyz to Science@mander.xyzEnglish · 12 days agoSmoking, and to a lesser extent non-combustible nicotine use, is associated with higher levels of alcohol consumption and risky drinking.www.nature.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down13
arrow-up126arrow-down1external-linkSmoking, and to a lesser extent non-combustible nicotine use, is associated with higher levels of alcohol consumption and risky drinking.www.nature.comBee@mander.xyz to Science@mander.xyzEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squareSeptimaeus@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up10·12 days agoI don’t envy researchers tasked with validating common sense conclusions, but someone has to do it
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10·12 days ago“do people with substance addictions also have other substances addictions” seems like a REALLY hard thing to control for too.
minus-squareiii@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-212 days agoThe paper doesn’t make any claims about causal relationships, it only looks at co-occurance. So no need to account for confounding factors.
I don’t envy researchers tasked with validating common sense conclusions, but someone has to do it
“do people with substance addictions also have other substances addictions” seems like a REALLY hard thing to control for too.
The paper doesn’t make any claims about causal relationships, it only looks at co-occurance. So no need to account for confounding factors.