quit smoking.According to the findings, this is because smokers skilled in math have a better memory for numbers related to smoking risk, which ultimately leads to a greater intention to quit.“People who had better math skills remembered more of the scary numbers about smoking risks that we gave them, and that made a difference,” said Dr.
Brittany Shoots-Reinhard, lead author of the study and research assistant professor in psychology at Ohio State University.The study, published online recently in the journal Health Psychology, is one of the first to link numeracy — the ability to work with math — with smoking.“These results may help explain why many studies find that smokers who are more educated are more likely to successfully quit,” she.
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