The study by a team at Northumbria University shows that smokers
lose more memory than non-smokers. The study also found that
those who break the habit have the ability to remember
information back to a level similar to nonsmokers. The study
involved more than seventy people aged 18 to 25 years and
includes a tour of the university’s campus. Those who took part
in the study were asked to remember the small details, such as
musical performances that will be played at the student union
and the tasks have been completed at various points. The
procedure is known as a memory test of the real world. Smokers
produce bad performance, considering only 59 percent of the
task. Those who have quit smoking remembered 74 percent and
those who have never smoked recalled 81 percent of the task. Dr
Tom Heffernan, who led the research, said the findings would be
useful in anti-smoking campaign. “Given that there are up to 10
million smokers in the UK and 45 million in the United States,
it is important to understand the effect