Genetics influences a person's risk of becoming hanging on nicotine as well as his or her risk of becoming conditioned on alcohol.

Genetics influences a person's risk of becoming hanging on nicotine as well as his or her risk of becoming conditioned on alcohol. Because substantially higher rates of smoking are observ in alcoholics than in mastery groups, uncovering the mechanisms underlying this association may have important implications for the two treatment and prevention. In this article, Dr Pamela A. F Madden, Kathleen K Bucholz Nicholas G Martin, and Andrew C Heath review data from studies course of lifeed in twins to show that a positive genetic correlation exists between smoking and the risk of alcohol reliance This correlation holds true plane when researchers consider both sociodemographic and personality variables as well as the histories of other psychopathologies. (pp 209-214)

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