Their study suggests that the damage caused by secondhand tobacco smoke starts in childhood and causes measurable damage by the teen years.
“Although previous research has found that passive smoke may be harmful for blood vessels among adults, we did not know until this study that these specific effects also happen among children and adolescents,” Dr. Katariina Kallio of the University of Turku in Finland, who led the study, said in a statement.
研究显示吸烟或有损智商
以色列沙巴医药中心马克·韦泽博士及其研究团队发现,一天吸烟20支甚至更多的年轻人平均智商比不吸烟者低7.5点。为更好理解吸烟与智商的关联,这项研究以18岁新兵为目标群体。
在美国《国际瘾药杂志》发表的一篇论文中,研究人员介绍,作为研究对象的20211名新兵均无严重生理健康问题,28%每天吸烟1支以上,大约3%自称曾经吸烟,68%从未吸烟。