Smokers More Likely to Develop Dementia

  • 6 years ago
Smokers More Likely to
Develop Dementia New research suggests that cigarette smokers are at a greater risk of developing dementia. The study, published in the 'Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology,' Those who don't smoke, or had quit smoking, had less chance of developing dementia than those who still smoked cigarettes. Dr. Sang Min Park, Seoul National University, via statement Smoking has previously been linked to inflammation in the body, Vascular dementia is the second most common type of dementia in the U.K. after Alzheimer's disease, The toxins in cigarettes can cause this kind of damage to blood vessels.

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