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Long-term tobacco use diminishes thinking ability
The precise mechanism for smoking's impact on the brain's higher functions is still undiscovered, but many specialists agree it may involve both neuro-chemical effects and damage to the blood vessels that flow the brain.
While findings that alcoholism is associated with diminished mental proficiency have been confirmed for many times, latest studies also revealed that long-term smoking leads to similar results too.
The new findings are the first to suggest a close and direct relationship between smoking and neuro-cognitive function among men with alcoholism. But the results also suggest smoking is associated with diminished thinking ability even among men not having alcohol problems.
Researchers can't say that they've found a cause-and-effect relationship between smoking and decreased thinking ability, or neuro-cognitive proficiency, but statistics show that long-term tobacco use can dull a person's thinking ability and bring down IQ.
Perhaps it will help give smokers one more reason to quit, and encourage quitting smoking among those who are also trying to control their drinking.
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