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Smoking shrinks critical part of the brain - leading to memory loss

smocking cases memory loss      PHOTO; COURTESY

Long-term smoking causes a thinning of the brain's cortex, which can lead to memory loss, according to a major international study.

The cortex - the outer layer of the brain - naturally thins with old age, but smoking appears to accelerate the thinning, effectively ageing smokers' brains more quickly.

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