F17: Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of tobacco
F17.6: Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of tobacco : amnesic syndrome
Tobacco is a plant. Nicotine is an active ingredient found in tobacco. For example, tobacco can be smoked or snuffed.
Your memory has got worse because of your consumption of tobacco. For example, you may no longer be able to remember things so easily. Sometimes you no longer know for sure when certain things have happened.
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