Did you know - Smoking

-Smoking improves human information processing?
-Higher nicotine cigarettes produce greater improvements [in information processing] than low-nicotine cigarettes?
-Nicotine can reverse the detrimental effects of scopolamine on performance?
-Smoking effects are accompanied by increases in EEG arousal and decreases in the latency of the late positive component of the evoked potential?
-Smoking improves motor performance?
-Smokers in general are thinner than nonsmokers, even when they ingest more calories?
-Smokers have less plaque, gingival inflammation and tooth mobility than nonsmokers?
-Smokers have lower incidence of postoperative deep vein thrombosis than nonsmokers?
-Hypertension (high blood pressure) is less common among smokers?
-RBCs [red blood cells] from cigarette smokers contain more glutathione and catalase and protect lung endothelial cells against O2 [dioxide] metabolites better than RBCs from nonsmokers?
-Smoking protects against Parkinson's disease?

These and more at http://www.forces.org/evidence/didyou/benefits.htm