A new beer has been launched in Germany which contains nicotine and 6.3 per cent alcohol.

Alcohol Healthwatch in New Zealand said drinking three 250ml cans was the equivalent of smoking three packets of cigarettes.

Alcohol Healthwatch director Rebecca Williams said the new beer was seen overseas as a way of getting around smoking bans in public places.

There was no sign yet of it being introduced in New Zealand.

In New Zealand smoking has been banned in public bars since December last year when the Smokefree Environments Act became law, forcing smokers in bars to go outside for a cigarette.

Ms Williams said Alcohol Healthwatch would oppose the introduction of beer containing nicotine.
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She said she did not know the effect of mixing nicotine with an alcoholic beverage.

"To me it seems crazy but I guess some people have a need."

Alcohol Healthwatch had opposed mixing alcohol with drugs and additives, including caffeine and guarana, a Brazilian energy extract which contains caffeine.

She said alcohol was a depressant and the other drugs and additives were stimulants and the impact on users was not well known.

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Presto..a beer that no matter how much you drink..you never get drunk...and then you have this strange urge to drink a beer immediately after having sex.

Lol



Do you smoke iy or drink it?

I can see the theory behind this... But... It won't be the same as smoking a cigarette, even Nicorette (sp?) have introduced a cigarette style nicotine alternative because a lot of smokers miss the actual physical act of smoking....

isnt there a drink in japan that sorta like this?

So now there combining drugs... -_-; Smart. [/sarcasm]

This is a wonder ful idea....yeah right...

Instead of giving people something else to be addicted to, why not try to stop the addiction.......

Agreed...

Drugs are bad enough already...

I don't think this new type of beer will catch on, because people still go for puffing on a good ol' cigarette.

Those silly Germans

This is true. So I don't see this being a good idea.