Smoking and family history affect how we taste things

Hey women, although your sweet-tooth might be in your genes, as I told you a few days ago, other factors play a major role in how you taste sweet things -- namely smoking and your family's history of alcoholism. Smoking, not surprisingly, dulls your tastebuds to sweet foods, so theoretically, it will take more sugar to satisfy your sweet cravings than it would if you were a non-smoker.

And if your family has a history of alcoholism, you're more likely to crave sweets. Strange -- I don't see a link here. But researchers believe a genetic predisposition to addiction is at the heart of both of these findings.

What do you think about these findings?