Cigarette smoking is associated with cortical thinning in anterior frontal regions, insula and regions showing atrophy in early Alzheimer ’s Disease

The link between cigarette smoking and markedly increased risk for pulmonary, cardiac, and vascular disease as well as for multiple forms of cancer in humans is essentially indisputable (CDC, 2004). A growing body of evidence also indicates that smoking, in otherwise healthy individuals, is associated with neurobiological and neurocognitive abnormalities that are not directly related to the foregoing diseases (Azizian et al., 2009; Durazzo et al., 2014a; Durazzo et al., 2010; Durazzo et al., 2017; Sharma and Brody, 2009).
Source: Drug and Alcohol Dependence - Category: Addiction Authors: Source Type: research