Summary
IT HAS tackled two vices for the price of one. The ban on lighting up north of the border has resulted in heavy-drinking smokers cutting back on alcohol.
A survey of 1,000 adults after the smoking ban was introduced found that Scots smokers who also enjoyed at least two drinks a day cut back by an average of six drinks a week. The research, carried out in America and Scotland, appears to dispel fears that Scots discouraged from pubs because of the smoking ban would consume more alcohol at home.See the full content of this document
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Ban Helps Heavy Smokers to Cut Their Drinking Levels
Sherry McKee, of Yale University, said: "Smokers who were moderate or heavy d...
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