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Re:Smoking is associated with lower cognitive function in ol... by guerrilla on Saturday January 28, 2023 @12:05PM (#34559259)
Almost all that I care about mid-last century anyway. I mean give me a break, Einstein smoked. If you seriously think addiction has anything to do with intelligence then you've never been addicted and know nothing about it.
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Re:Smoking is associated with lower cognitive function in ol... by rcme on Saturday January 28, 2023 @12:07PM (#34559278)
Here is a study that looks at alcoholics: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6851852/

According to the study, alcoholics had a lower baseline IQ before becoming addicted to alcohol. So that does seem to support that lower cognitive function is somehow linked to becoming an addict.

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Re:Smoking is associated with lower cognitive function in ol... by themitigating on Saturday January 28, 2023 @12:36PM (#34559586)
Could that also mean Einstein might have been even smarter had he not smoked
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