Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!hao!cires!nbires!ut-ngp!pyle From: pyle@ut-ngp.UUCP Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Smoking & Eating - the Connection Message-ID: <379@ut-ngp.UUCP> Date: Tue, 28-Jun-83 11:18:45 EDT Article-I.D.: ut-ngp.379 Posted: Tue Jun 28 11:18:45 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 29-Jun-83 06:29:49 EDT Lines: 12 I don't recall the reference, but I remember reading that the reason many smokers light up after eating (or sometimes during) is a biochemical one. If I remember correctly, the change in blood glucose level triggers the nicotine desire; the biochemical stimulus eventually results in the formation of a habitual link between eating and smoking. I'll try to dig up the reference if I get the time, but since I'm in the middle of contract proposal negotiations, it may be a while. Keith Pyle . . .!decvax!eagle!ut-ngp!pyle Biomedical Transport Lab . . .!ucbvax!nbires!ut-ngp!pyle Univ. of Texas