Heavy Cyg Puffin Can Affect Your Memory

A little update on the challenge first... I'm doing well. Didn't even smoke that much spliff this weekend. Wayny is surviving I think. 3 weeks and looking good. :)

here's an interesting article courtesy of ircspy.com

According to research, carried out by 5 universities, heavy nicotine use has a negative effect on day-to-day memory. Researchers asked smokers and non-smokers to rate their long-term memory. They found that smoking significantly impaired memory, with heavy smokers reporting the most errors. The survey which involved more than 700 people was carried out by teams from Newcastle, Wales, Northumbria, Westminster and Teesside universities. The teams took into consideration how much people smoked - a heavy smoker was classed as having more than 15 cigarettes a week and a light smoker between 1 and 4 cigarettes a week. Heffernan, of the human cognitive neuroscience unit at Northumbria University, said: "The result of the study revealed that smokers reported more errors in their long-term memory than non-smokers. There was also a significant detrimental effect of cigarette use on everyday memory function."

"For example, a typical heavy smoker reported 22% more memory-related problems than a non-smoker and around 12% more problems than light smokers. It is concluded that chronic, heavy smoking is associated with impairments in everyday memory, although the precise nature of the deficits are as yet unknown." The research was done via an internet questionnaire and published in scientific journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence.


**Eish! So if you're having about 6 blunts a week you're getting the negative memory effect of nicotine as well as the spliff's memory effects. I wonder if i'll remember this article next time I smoke? Aah who am I kidding... of course I'll forget!