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There are tonnes of studies into the effects of physical and social context on alcohol intoxication. As you might expect, a lot of it is all in the mind (or in

There are tonnes of studies into the effects of physical and social context on alcohol intoxication. As you might expect, a lot of it is all in the mind (or in the bar.) Here's just one: http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=buy.optionToBuy&id=2000-16402-007 http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=buy.optionToBuy&id=2... On the smoking thing, yeah definitely the reasons you mentioned are by far the most important. However I still think it's too often overlooked that a lot of people are effectively using them as "comfort blankets."

JonnieCache 16y ago
The above link appears to do some horrible cookie checking whereby you can only read the abstract two or three times before it punts you to a shopping cart page without even an apology. Bloody academic mafia. Out of spite, here's a link to the whole paper: http://dionysus.psych.wisc.edu/Lit/Articles/WallA2000a.pdf http://dionysus.psych.wisc.edu/Lit/Articles/WallA2000a.pdf