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Grey matter loss from smoking may be reversible: study

Smoking damages the brain's outer layer, but the harm could be reversible

Damage to the brain's outer layer caused by smoking may be reversible after quitting, but it could take years, a study said Tuesday.

Brain scans of 500 Scottish septuagenarians confirmed a link between smoking and an acceleration of age-related thinning of the cortex -- the outer layer of grey matter, researchers reported.

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