Nicotine inhibits ethanol-induced toxicity in cultured cerebral cortical cells.

Pubmed ^ | Dec. 2004 | Tizabi Y, Manaye KF, Smoot DT, Taylor RE.

[qam1]

Translation, Smoking prevents alcohol from killing your brain cells

[Not Fooled]

That's great, if you don't mind the hole in your throat.

[Arkie2]

I always smoke a cigar with my bourbon. Now, where did I put those stogies?

[SoDak]

Does it work if I just wear the patch while drinking?

[Viking2002]

Yeah. It isn't my brain telling me to fire up a Marlboro with my Jim Beam. It's the Jim Beam saying that a Marlboro would taste mighty good at the moment.

[ml1954]

The high incidence of smoking among alcoholics may be partially due to nicotine's ability to counteract some of the adverse effects of ethanol on motor coordination and/or cognitive functions. Neuroprotective effects of nicotine on ethanol-induced toxicity in cerebellar granular cells have been observed.

Translation: Alcohol is a depressant and nicotine is a stimulant. The rest is obvious.

[qam1]

Bloomberg's smoking ban

0 lives saved
1,000,000,000,000,000+ unprotected brain cells dead

PING

[exhaustedmomma]

I don't know about all the other but... neuroprotective effect of nicotine sure calms nerves.

[cripplecreek]

"That's great, if you don't mind the hole in your throat."


The hole is where you put the smoke while you drink I guess.

[Poohbah]

Nicotine inhibits ethanol-induced toxicity in cultured cerebral cortical cells

Easy for YOU to say.

[NorCalRepub]

absolutely..........now we have the evidence to allow smoking in bars again........at least here in Calif and new York and anywhere else that silly law is in effect....if we can smoke in bars again........there will be less toxicity and maybe fewer DUI's..........wow.......it all makes sense now

[tallhappy]

You left out an important detail:

Neurotox Res. 2004;6(4):311-6.

[tubebender]

A little factoid I have noticed about the A-non lunch time meetings over at our Church. A large percentive of the participants are smokers...

[Endeavor]

"Translation, Smoking prevents alcohol from killing your brain cells"

Not exactly - the point they're making is, to me, a puzzling one - that you see a higner incidence of smoking in alcoholics because nicotine interferes with the toxic effecs of ethanol. That seems an odd determination. Yours is more logical. Let's face it, no alcoholic thinks to him/herself: "Gee, if I smoke a cig, it'll decrease the effect of the alcohol" and that seems to be what the first and last sentence seem to try to convey.

I wonder if what they are really trying to say is, "Because nicotine interferes with the ability of ethanol to induce neurotoxicosis, it takes more alcohol for a smoker to get the high and therefore a smoker is more likely to become an alcoholic.

Interesting science, but I don't think the person who wrote this abstract did a very good job of defining their results.

Just my 2 cents

[qam1]

And smoking while drinking also prevents the Beer Belly

Obesity is a bigger killer than smoking

[Endeavor]

Bingo

[Prime Choice]

Quit drinking nearly 20 years ago.

Quit smoking almost 6 months ago.

I'm gonna live forever...but it's gonna be boring as hell.

[SheLion]

That's great, if you don't mind the hole in your throat.

Get a grip. I have smoked since I was 16 and there is no hole in MY throat. And I haven't seen any smokers where I live in 20 years up here with a HOLE IN THEIR THROAT.

Get a grip.

[Hacksaw]

Translation, Smoking prevents alcohol from killing your brain cells

Where Mr. Spock would reply, I believe I said that, Doctor.

[SheLion]

Bloomberg's smoking ban