Smoking Speeds Mental Decline

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Smoking Speeds Mental Decline

February 8, 2012 | ISSUE 48•06

A study published in Archives Of General Psychiatry found that middle-aged men who smoked had diminished cognitive skills, the equivalent of having aged an additional 10 years. What do you think?

Oh God, these cigarettes are terrible for me!

Mindy Brzinski
Systems Analyst
I guess it's only a matter of time before the FDA starts putting horrific pictures of morons on cigarette boxes.

Frank Robinson
Fugue Operator
It's really sad that so many men who should be at their peak TV-watching years won't be able to figure out how to make the remote work.

Melvin Wolfe
Loom Repairman

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