Parental smoking weakens child’s memory: research

Exposure to secondary smoking from a parent or other family member can impair a kid’s cognitive ability and memory in middle age. The data came from a study by the University of Turku in Finland.

Researchers claim that if a parent or someone else in the family has a smoking habit in front of a child, the child’s memory may be impaired.

The study was published in the American Journal of Epidemiology. It is said that weakening or loss of cognitive ability and memory is now a common occurrence. These problems are directly related to smoking. And the risk of this problem is increasing due to indirect smoking.

‘Harmful effects of secondhand smoke in childhood can spread to middle age, which impairs cognitive ability and memory.
Researchers at the University of Turku in Finland said the aim of the study was to look at the immediate effects of smoking in adulthood and indirect exposure. However, the study found completely new information.

The study emphasizes the need to protect children and adolescents so that they can live with a healthy brain in adulthood.
The researchers looked at the cognitive abilities of 2,000 participants between the ages of 34 and 49.

It shows that those who have been exposed to second-hand smoke for a long time during childhood or adolescence have higher levels of cognitive and memory problems in middle-aged than those who have not been exposed.