Veterans are at higher risk of alcohol abuse relapse due to smoking
Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 16:30
in Psychology & Sociology
In a new study published in Frontiers, Dr. Timothy Durazzo and colleagues from the San Francisco VA Medical Center and University of California, San Francisco, expand upon their decade of research showing that smoking while kicking the alcohol habit impairs memory, learning and other cognitive skills--ultimately making it more difficult to weather the long storm of sobriety.