quitting smoking could actually restore some of your cognitive function.

Can't remember where you put your cigarettes? Well, then maybe a reason for this according to the results of a new study done by a team of scientists at Northumbria University who have identified a link between cigarette smoking and memory.

The research was conducted by dividing 70 volunteers into three different groups. One group were regular smokers, the other group were nonsmokers and the last group were ex smokers. Then memories were tested by walking them around a college campus and asking them to remember specific tasks that were being done in specific parts of the campus.

According to the study results the smokers were the worst when it came to remembering with only a 59 percent score. The nonsmokers did the best with an 81 percent memory recall and the one time smokers scored 74 percent. The results therefore suggested that not only was smoking bad for your memory but by quitting smoking you could actually restore some of your cognitive function.

Dr Heffernan who formed part of the study said that it was important that individuals were aware that smoking was not just harming their bodies but also their minds and that the restorative effects of quitting applied to both body and mind too.

You might think that this research is a load of rubbish [and if you do you are probably a smoker] but there's no getting away from the fact that smoking damages blood vessels, reduces blood flow and you need both of these for good cognitive function.

There was a time when people reckoned that the link between smoking and erectile dysfunction was also a load of rubbish and nothing more than hearsay but clinical testing and research now shows without a shadow over doubt that smokers have worse sex lives.

Now, where were those cigarettes?