Andrade and his colleagues discuss the relationship of gambling co-occurring with alcohol and smoking. Their research explores smoking and alcohol use separately. However, there is no research until date that looks at the prevalence rate of alcohol and smoking disorder together when researching cross addiction with gambling. Their findings reveal pathological gamblers have a lifetime rate of using alcohol at 73 percent and nicotine dependence of 60 percent. There is a correlation between alcohol and smoking, when you look at the general public in regards of lifetime problems. According to their findings, 30 percent of the public has had an alcohol addiction and 50 percent of the population smokes over a lifetime. Problem gambling has a high rate of both alcohol and smoking when examining each of the substance addiction separately (Andrade et al,
Andrade and his colleagues discuss the relationship of gambling co-occurring with alcohol and smoking. Their research explores smoking and alcohol use separately. However, there is no research until date that looks at the prevalence rate of alcohol and smoking disorder together when researching cross addiction with gambling. Their findings reveal pathological gamblers have a lifetime rate of using alcohol at 73 percent and nicotine dependence of 60 percent. There is a correlation between alcohol and smoking, when you look at the general public in regards of lifetime problems. According to their findings, 30 percent of the public has had an alcohol addiction and 50 percent of the population smokes over a lifetime. Problem gambling has a high rate of both alcohol and smoking when examining each of the substance addiction separately (Andrade et al,