Combo of heavy drinking and smoking speeds of cognitive decline

Aug 27, 2013 by Wendy Burt

You know smoking is bad and heavy drinking is bad, but the combination of both creates a 36 percent faster cognitive decline rate compared to nonsmoking moderate drinkers.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130711084700.htm

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• cognitive decline
• dementia
• drinking
• smoking

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