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Article Source: ABC NewsNew evidence suggests that smoking isn't only bad for the body but can also take a toll on the mind.
A study published today in the Archives of General Psychiatry linked smoking to faster, more dramatic age-related mental decline in men.
Researchers from University College in London studied more than 5,000 men and 2,000 women from Britain's long-running Whitehall II study, which has surveyed the health of thousands of British civil service employees.
Alhough the study demonstrates correlation rather than proving that smoking is the cause of the decline in the mind's function, I think it offers one more reason for smokers to try hard to quit.
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