Smoking and drinking

There's always a correlation between addictions, it seems:

"Smokers are more likely to drink alcohol and to consume greater quantities of alcohol, and they are four times more likely to meet criteria for alcohol use disorders. Diseases related to tobacco use are the leading causes of death in alcoholics."

I wonder why smokers tend to drink more than non-smokers. You would think that since we stop drinking in order to take a drag, that we would be slower drinkers. And in states where you have to go outside to smoke and can't take your beer, it should take you even longer.

I hate how tobacco related diseases are the highest killers of alcoholics. It seems like liver disease should be number one and other strange killers like alcoholic lung disease. But I suppose everyone I know who is a heavy drinker is also a smoker, and that puts us at risk for lung disease, heart disease, and more. Sigh. I really have to quit smoking, and soon.