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Long-Term Smokers Suffer Lowered IQs
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Long-Term Smokers Suffer Lowered IQs
10/12/2005
Long-term smoking hinders mental speed and accuracy, according to a new study that finds that chronic smokers experience a decline in their IQ scores.
Medical News Today reported Oct. 11 that researchers from the University of Michigan measured the IQ scores of 172 alcoholic and nonalcoholic men. They found that alcohol consumption caused thinking problems and lowered IQs, but also discovered that long-term smoking had similar effects -- even among men who don't have alcohol problems.
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