Smoking is extremely bad for your body, during this article I will explain why smoking is not good for your body. Tests on 8,800 people over 50 have showed cigarettes can damage memory Smoking is known to be highly damaging to physical health, being a major factor in cancer and heart disease. Now, however, its alarming effects on the mental well-being of millions of smokers have been outlined by British scientists. Lighting up regularly has been associated with a sharp decline in the performance of the brain, according to their study. They found that middle-aged smokers performed less well on tests compared with those without the tobacco habit. The project examined memory, planning and overall mental ability after four and eight years. The tests included asking people to learn new words or name as many animals as they could in a minute. Researchers concluded that smoking ‘consistently’ reduced all three performance measures after four years Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2238559/Smoking-harms-brain-body-It-leads-sharp-decline-mental-ability-warns-study.html#ixzz2V4vqQrdL Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook