There’s good news for people who have damaged their brain as a result of smoking – your brain bounces back to its old healthy self as soon you give up the habit. Researchers went on to say that kicking the butt even after the age of seventy is not too late to reverse the harm done to brain power.
Scientists at the University of Edinburgh analysed brain scans from 500 men and women for the study. The average age of the study participants was 73 and while half of the participants were former or current smokers, the rest had avoided tobacco all their lives. It was found that smoking thins the outer layer of the brain, the cerebral cortex, which is responsible for thinking skills. However, this region could heal quickly as soon the smoker quit his or habit and could even provide protection against dementia.
The findings of the study were published in the Molecular Psychiatry journal, according to the Daily Mail.
