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The Speed of Progression to Tobacco and Alcohol Dependence: A Twin Study.

Behavior genetics - 1 Mar 2018

Huggett Spencer B, Hatoum Alexander S, Hewitt John K, Stallings Michael C

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We investigated the etiological role of genetic and environmental influences for two milestones of tobacco and alcohol use: age of initiation, and speed of progression to dependence (latency). Study participants included 1352 monozygotic and 1422 dizygotic twins (mean age at assessment = 24.31). Earlier ages of initiation significantly increased the likelihood of developing dependence, but were associated with...

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PMID: 29427143
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-018-9888-0
PMCID: PMC5851595

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