It’s official! “Beware, smoking ‘rots’ the brain by damaging
memory, learning and reasoning” according to a new study from King’s College, London . In brain tests and
analysis of health and lifestyle data of group of middle agers, found that smoking
affects the brain negatively even more than high blood pressure and obesity.
People need to be aware that lifestyle could damage the mind as well as the
body. Changing such behaviors for the better is a necessity for keeping our
cognitive functioning at a premium.
My jibe alluding to Lord Bernard Shaw’s definition of a
cigarette being “a long cylindrical object with a fire at one end and a fool at
the other” drew some flack from my friends and readers, but perhaps this may
provide additional gist to the fact that smoking truly damages our cognitive
capacity. That means we need to not be fooled by the persuasive adverts on
smoking that draw drones of young people to believe that smoking is chic and
socially exciting. But what we don’t know is what it is doing to our body –
both our lungs, organs and now they say our brain functioning too. Is this
worth the social style we want to project, when we know now beyond a shadow of
doubt that smoking will only get you huge health bills to pay when you get past
middle age? To young people today, this age may seem far away, but surely the
day will come and then we cannot lament for the opportunities that were. And
for women, that goes for having its effects for the babies you will have too.
How much of a sacrifice is that to make for the momentary ego flashes we want
to sustain?
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