Qualitative studies of young adult social smokers have shown that
social smokers view smoking and drinking as strongly paired behaviors (Hoek et al., 2013)
and perceive that smoking while drinking promotes social interactions and keeps one calm when feeling drunk (Nichter et al., 2010).
To our knowledge, no study has examined
the co-use of tobacco and alcohol among social smokers, and how alcohol
use and bar attendance affect social smokers' tobacco use.