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Study: Smoking permanently shrinks the brain, driving up dementia risk
ViewSmoking cigarettes has long been linked to health issues involving the mouth, lungs and chest. However, a new study has found another negative effect of the harmful habit — this time, involving a smoker's brain.
Researchers out of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, found smoking causes the...