Smoking could be most important factor affecting cognition with age: Study
Smoking could be most important factor affecting cognition with age: Study
NEW DELHI: Smokers could experience up to 85 per cent more decline in their cognitive skills such as memory and speech compared to those who did not smoke, a study has found.
Researchers, who analysed 16 varied combinations of lifestyle factors, including physical activity, alcohol habits and socialising, found that smoking habits could be the most important aspect affecting how quickly cognition declines with age.
"Our findings suggest that among the healthy behaviours we examined, not smoking may be among the most important in terms of maintaining cognitive function," Mikaela Bloomberg from University College London, UK, and lead author of the study published in the journal Nature Communications, said.
