Smoking shrinks brain, says study linking cigarettes to Alzheimer's, dementia

13 Dec 2023, 01:44 by Sheri Walsh · UPI

Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Researchers have found a new reason to quit smoking. Not only does smoking destroy the heart and lungs, it also shrinks the brain.

The study at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, and published Tuesday in Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science, set out to examine why smokers are at a higher risk for Alzheimer's and dementia.