I had quit drinking for eight years in AA, then started 'controlled' drinking. I was off cigarettes for six years at the time. By the end of my first night out drinking until 4am, I bought a pack of cigarettes.
I was on vacation and when I got back home and my sponsor saw that I was smoking, he said, "You started drinking again didn't you?". Of course he was right. The NIAAA did a study on the different types of alcoholics, and it was noted that the percentage of smokers among alcohol abusers and drug addicts is sky high.
I quit smoking again after one year but continued my off-and-on drinking for another five years. The first time in the program I quit cigarettes after being sober two years, it was just too demanding to quit both addictions at the same time.
In the last year I bought Trimpey's book and started exploring 12 Step Alternatives. I am now anxious to practice AVRT on some of my other vices, like procrastination, which I blame on the learned helplessness of 12 Steppism.