So this may sound as a very paranoid 19 year old but from recently doing some google searches on smoking vs intelligence, there seems to be some conclusive results that smoking can be linked into losing approximately 3% of one's IQ, with the variables of they smoke a pack a day for about 10 or so years. I was 19 and I used to smoke as a kid from about 14 - 17, quit for a year, then started to smoke recently again for the past say 6 months, but now am definetly stopping from the evidence I've discovered.

However, my question, and googling this answer gets a lot of mixed results so I thought a this forum would be an ideal place to ask. Can your brain make a full recovery from one who has smoked as short time as I have? Would there be any noticable or unnoticable impacts that smoking has caused on my intelligence? Knowledge is the most important thing to me and thinking that I may have hindered a part of my brain responsible for learning and memory worries me! What could be some effects it has on me, and am I able to recover mentally completely?

Interesting, I've never smoked, I hate the smell of people that do, i once dated a smoker, but I couldnt get passed kissing them, they just didnt taste nice

somking is alway bad for the health. have you never read the caution on the Cigarette Cartridges. it say somking causes lung canncer.

Yes, but even with the warning people still do, it's quite self destructive.

i simply hate people smoking...but i think if u quit  before a certain age...then ur body recovers else it is too late.
hope smokers understand this and just not any other survey!
swetha