“People higher in general intelligence tend to drink more because they're not bothered by the strangeness of the alcohol experience,” said the evolutionary psychologist and professor at the University of Victoria.
People with high IQs drink more alcohol, although they are unlikely to be heavy drinkers, research finds. In other words, they drink more, on average, but spread it out, and are unlikely to be alcoholics. The results fit with the fact that highly intelligent people are also more likely to use drugs.
Another possibility is that the relationship runs the other way: Successful people drink more because they are under more pressure than others. Drinkers are not only richer than abstainers, they tend to be happier, too.
According to two long-term studies — one American, one British — there's a correlation between smarts and a thirst for alcohol. The "more intelligent children in both studies grew up to drink alcohol more frequently and in greater quantities than less intelligent children," says Liz Day at Discover.
While people who smoke are more likely to drink and vice-versa, this definitely isn't a good idea. Smoking is dangerous, drinking is dangerous, and doing both is even worse. Around 8.5 million people die each year as a result of alcohol and tobacco, according to the World Health Organization.
While drinking can be a threat to your health, smoking is certainly worse. Unlike alcohol at low or moderate levels, there is no benefit to tobacco use at any level. When you smoke, you inhale various chemicals that can injure cells, causing both cancer and artery damage (e.g. heart attacks and strokes).
Smoking and Drinking Are Often Linked
According to researchers: If you have more than five drinks a week, you're two-and-half times more likely to smoke. Compared to nonsmokers, smokers are three times more likely to drink to excess.
In 2021, it was estimated that around 62 percent of those aged 21 to 25 years in the United States were current alcohol drinkers, the highest rate of all age groups. Those aged 21 to 25 also had the highest rates of binge alcohol use.
For these reasons, it is recommended that for under 18s no alcohol is the safest choice and that they delay the initiation of drinking for as long as possible. Alcohol can affect your child's brain which continues to develop until their early twenties.
Academic Problems
In a national survey, college students who binge drank alcohol at least three times per week were roughly six times more likely to perform poorly on a test or project as a result of drinking (40% vs. 7%) than students who drank but never binged.
While heavier drinkers rated their health better, experts warned of a 'double-edged habit' as they ate more fast food and smoked more. Those partial to a drink were also half as likely to suffer 'physical limitations' in their daily lives than those who weren't — 15 per cent compared to 30 per cent.
Moderate drinkers and nondrinkers report similar rates of sadness, but both groups are slightly less likely than heavy drinkers to experience sadness. Still, while heavy drinkers and nondrinkers report similar levels of positive emotions, heavy drinkers report experiencing more negative emotions than nondrinkers.
The Cook Islands - a collection of islands in the South Pacific- topped the list, with the average person consuming about 13 liters of pure alcohol per year- that's more than 100 glasses of wine.
Conclusions. We found that lower results on IQ tests are associated with higher consumption of alcohol measured in terms of both total alcohol intake and binge drinking in Swedish adolescent men.
Results. Individuals with alcohol‐related hospital diagnoses (8%) had a significantly lower baseline IQ score (95.0 vs. 100.5, p < 0.001) and a larger decline in IQ scores from baseline to follow‐up (−8.5 vs. −4.8, p < 0.001) than individuals without such diagnoses.
Emotional intelligence is the “something” in each of us that is a bit intangible. It affects how we manage behaviour, navigate social complexities, and make personal decisions to achieve positive results. However, if we are living in a sea of alcohol, we sabotage our emotions and they remain static.
If a person regularly drinks too much alcohol it can be toxic to their nerve cells. Over time, drinking too much alcohol can cause brain cells to die and a person's brain tissue to shrink. This means there are fewer cells to carry the messages that the brain needs to do different tasks.
Alcohol reduces collagen and elastin production, leaving the skin duller, wrinkled, and aged beyond one's years. Beer, wine, and liquor also increase inflammation and disrupt lipid production. As a result, the skin may look dry and wrinkled, similar to sun damage.
Australians aged 18-24 years generally consume more standard drinks on a day they drink than any other age group.
Russia and Australia have the highest prevalence of alcoholism dependence overall, with 2.61 per cent and 2.58 per cent, respectively. According to the World Health Organization, US has the lowest rate of alcohol dependence with only 1.93 per cent.
The youngest legal drinking age in the world is 15, with both Mali and the Central African Republic allowing folks to drink at that time. Seven countries do not have a government-mandated drinking age, while 11 countries ban the consumption of booze entirely.
Tell-tale signs of smoking
Moustaches: Moustaches especially is elderly with white hair show a clear pattern of yellowing in centre showing chronic exposure to smoke [Figure 1]. Lips: Lips have a bluish-black discoloration in heavy smokers.
1: Vaping is less harmful than smoking, but it's still not safe. E-cigarettes heat nicotine (extracted from tobacco), flavorings and other chemicals to create an aerosol that you inhale. Regular tobacco cigarettes contain 7,000 chemicals, many of which are toxic.
Most of the ethanol in the body is broken down in the liver by an enzyme called alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH), which transforms ethanol into a toxic compound called acetaldehyde (CH3CHO), a known carcinogen.