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Smoking may worsen a hangover after drinking heavily, a US study reports, although the reason why is unclear.

根據一份美國研究報告，抽菸可能讓喝了很多酒之後的宿醉更嚴重，但原因不明。

Researchers asked 113 US students to keep a diary for eight weeks, recording their drinking and smoking habits and any hangover symptoms.

研究人員要求113名美國學生寫日記8週，記錄他們的飲酒與抽菸習慣，以及有沒有宿醉症狀。

When they drank heavily - around six cans of beer an hour - those who also smoked suffered a worse hangover. Addiction charities hope this study may motivate smokers to cut down over the festive season.

當他們喝下很多酒—約1小時喝6罐啤酒—那些也抽菸的人宿醉更嚴重。嗜酒慈善團體希望，這份研究能促使癮君子減少節慶季的飲酒量。

One of the paper’s authors, Dr Damaris Rohsenow, from the Centre for Alcohol and Addiction Studies at Brown University said： "At the same number of drinks, people who smoke more that day are more likely to have a hangover and have more intense hangovers.

研究報告作者之一、布朗大學酒精與成癮研究中心的羅熙諾博士說：「同樣的飲酒量，當天抽菸抽較多的人，比較可能宿醉，嚴重宿醉的機率也較高。」

新聞辭典

motivate：動詞，刺激，給…動機。例句：Like so many people, he’s motivated by greed.（就像許多人一樣，他受到貪欲驅使。）

cut down：片語，縮減。例句： I’m trying to cut down on caffeine.（我試著減少咖啡因。）

festive：形容詞，節慶的，歡樂的。例句：The hall looked very festive with its Christmas tree.（大廳裡擺了耶誕樹，看起來很有節慶氣息。）

文章出處：自由時報電子報中英對照新聞