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Differences in Couples' Drinking and Smoking Habits Threaten Long-Term Marriage

September 16, 2009

Excessive drinking or smoking by a husband or wife can strain a marriage; however, is it substance use specifically that causes problems within a relationship or is it the difference in the amount of drinking and smoking between a husband and wife that loosens the ties that bind?

That question is the crux of a report by Gregory G. Homish, Ph.D., assistant professor of health behavior, and colleagues in University at Buffalo's School of Public Health and Health Professions and UB's Research Institute on Addictions.

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