The study, conducted with 113 university students who underwent an exhaustive follow-up for eight weeks, shows that the symptoms of a hangover – headache, nausea, fatigue … – are more frequent if they are accompanied by alcohol consumption a few cigarettes. In fact, after consuming the same dose of alcohol, not only is it more likely to feel bad when we smoke, but also the hangover becomes much more intense .
Although it is not yet clear why it happens, it is not the first time that a link between alcohol and tobacco has been established. Some previous studies suggest that brain receptors for nicotine are involved in our subjective response to alcoholic beverages , and that drinking and smoking simultaneously releases more dopamine, the pleasure hormone.
