Why it is Difficult for People to Quit Smoking
A new study published in the Biological Psychiatry journal found that the habit of smoking can reduce the thickness of the human brain.
Researchers compared the thickness of the cortex on volunteers, both smokers and those who had never smoked, who have no medical or psychiatric illness. The cortex is the area of the brain that is responsible for many important functions, including language, information processing, and memory. (more…)
