Smoking hampers brain power in adolescents

Smoking is more harmful for teenagers says a study conducted by Yale University. The cerebral power of people who start fagging at an early age receives a severe blow that reduces their speed and accuracy to grasp information and retain them in their minds.

,"Adolescent smokers were found to have impairments in accuracy of working memory performance," Leslie Jacobsen, M.D., associate professor at Yale School of Medicine, said.

The survey also revealed a surprising fact that nicotine works as a power booster amongst adults.

Jacobsen along with her research team tested working memory of more than 41 adolescent daily smokers and 32 nonsmokers of same age sex and education to come to this conclusion.