Reuters
June 10, 2008
Middle-aged smokers tend to perform worse on tests of memory and reasoning than nonsmokers, researchers said yesterday.
Analyzing data on about 5,000 British civil servants, the researchers found smokers more likely to be in the lowest-performing of five groups in memory, reasoning, vocabulary and verbal fluency tests.
"Smoking in middle age is associated with memory deficit and decline in reasoning abilities," said the Archives of Internal Medicine report.
Copyright Reuters.
Click For Restrictions
