Tobacco Can Dull Thinking
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Tobbaco can dull thinking
Long-term
tobacco use can dull a persons?s thinking ability and bring
down IQ. According to a new study conducted by a research
team of the University of Michigan. The association
between Long term smoking and reduced mentalabilityu in 172
alcoholic and non-alcoholi men was a surprishing finding
from the study that aimed to examine alcoholosim?s long-
term effect on the brain and thinking skills, a release
ssaid. While the study confirmed previous findings that
alcoholism is associated with dimninished mental
proficiency, the analysis also revealed that long term
smoking leads to similar results too. The findings are the
first to suggest a direct relationship between smoking and
neurocognitive function among men with alcoholism. The
results sugest that smoking is associated with diminished
thinking ability weven among men without alcohol problems.
The new findings,released online before their publication
in the Drug and Alcohol Dependence journal,were made by a
team from the university medical school?s addiction
research center and their colleagues at VA Ann Arbor
Healthcare System and Michigan State University. Jennifer
Glass,lead author of the paper,cautioned that the findings
need to be duplicated by others studies before andy
conclusions are made about the effect of smoking on the
brain ,or before the findings can be considered relevant to
women.
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