See, I have a whole different take on this - call me a mean unenlightened
bastard (or don't - I'm not worthy of that much of your mental energy
expenditure) - but I think that brain damage is what causes people to smoke.

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>>I wish someone would study the effects of smoking and IQ.I definitely
>> feel smoking has made me dumber.Must be the carbon monoxide killing off
>> the little grey cells or arteriolar constriction or some of the 200 odd
>> toxins.I am serious,I used to have a photographic memory until I
>> started smoking,even though I wasn't a heavy smoker.
>> I always found it harder to concentrate on a mental task with a
>> nicotine buzz too,its like I had ADD or something.
>> Anyone else feel that way?
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