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Yellow/orange areas are regions where the thickness of the cortex at age 73 is associated with the amount of lifetime smoking; the greater the amount of lifetime smoking, the thinner the cortex. Image credit: Molecular Psychiatry, S Karama, IJ Deary et al.

Smoking Thins Vital Part of Brain

Years ago, children were warned that smoking could stunt their growth, but now a major study by an international team including the Montreal Neurological Institute at McGill University and ...Full Article