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2. Smoking and education interventions may help decrease ...

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   In the year 2024, risk factors for Alzheimer’s dementia remain unclear, and there is no clear risk factor that can be targeted. Dementia affects well-educated and poorly-educated people, it ...

3. Study: Smoking permanently shrinks the brain, driving up ...

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   Smoking cigarettes has long been linked to health issues involving the mouth, lungs and chest. However, a new study has found another negative effect of the harmful habit — this time, involving ...

4. Smoking cessation - Wikipedia

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   Most smoking cessation resources such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) [93] and The Mayo Clinic [94] encourage smokers to create a quit plan, including setting a quit date, which helps them anticipate and plan for smoking challenges. A quit plan can improve a smoker's chance of a successful quit [95] [96] [97] as can ...

5. Health effects of tobacco - Wikipedia

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   Smoking most commonly leads to diseases affecting the heart and lungs and will commonly affect areas such as hands or feet. First signs of smoking-related health issues often show up as numbness in the extremities, with smoking being a major risk factor for heart attacks, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), emphysema, and cancer, particularly lung cancer, cancers of the larynx and ...

6. Nicotine dependence - Wikipedia

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   A National Institute on Drug Abuse video entitled Anyone Can Become Addicted to Drugs. [21]Nicotine dependence is defined as a neurobiological adaptation to repeated drug exposure that is manifested by highly controlled or compulsive use, the development of tolerance, experiencing withdrawal symptoms upon cessation including cravings, and an inability to quit despite harmful effects. [9]

7. How to Drastically Lower Your Risk of Dementia After Age 55 ...

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   Overall, the lifetime dementia risk after age 55 was 35% for men and 48% for women. About a million Americans a year are expected to develop dementia by 2060, roughly double today’s toll ...