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Smoking shrinks the brain and drives up Alzheimer’s risk, new study finds
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Smoking is notorious for causing damage to the lungs, but recent research confirmed that it’s also harmful to the brain. We explore a new study and gather expert input.
Those who smoked one pack daily were found to have decreased brain volume compared to those who never smoked or had smoked fewer than 100 total cigarettes. "There’s one thing you can change to stop aging your brain and putting yourself at increased risk of dementia, and that’s to quit smoking." "Smoking does terrible things not only to the body but also to the brain." Melissa Rudy is health editor and a member of the lifestyle team at Fox News Digital.
With each additional year of smoking, the shrinkage was greater.
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