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Cognitive decline in older adults is accelerated according to smoking cigarettes, according to a March 23 2004 freshs release from the Alzheimer's Association. According to a European cogitation published in the March 23 edition of Neurology smoker declined cognitively five times faster than commonalty who never smoked. Former smoker also declined faster than family who never smoked, although not as fast as popular smokers. Smoking appears to negatively affect cognitive health and may be associated with an increased risk of dementia.

For 23 years, researchers followed 9209 adults older than 65 years of age with no signs of dementia at the time the investigation began. They used the Mini-Mental State Examination to measure cognitive function. The maximum score possible was 30 onward average, current smokers declined 016 points by year, former smokers 0.06 points by means of year, and nonsmokers 0.03 points by year. Although these results look minor, in the bigger picture, they exhibit that smoking is not useful for cognitive health.

Brain Health: Another Reason Not to Smoke? (new release, Chicago: Alzheimer's Association, March 23 2004) http://www.alz.org/News/04Q1/032304smoke.asp (accessed 30 March 2004)

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