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

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   The findings, published in Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science, were a result of comparing 32,094 smokers' smoking history, brain imaging, genetic predisposition and other health data points.

3. Effects of nicotine on human brain development - Wikipedia

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   A 2015 review concluded that "Nicotine acts as a gateway drug on the brain, and this effect is likely to occur whether the exposure is from smoking tobacco, passive tobacco smoke or e-cigarettes." [25] Nicotine may have a profound impact on sleep. [26] The effects on sleep vary after being intoxicated, during withdrawal, and from long-term use ...

4. Nicotine withdrawal - Wikipedia

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   The brain recruits an opposing force to dampen the effects of nicotine and this causes tolerance (the reduction in the effect of nicotine). The onset of this opposing force and the fact that the brain becomes used to and dependent on nicotine to function normally is known as physical dependence. When nicotine intake is decreased, the brain's ...

5. Smoking cessation - Wikipedia

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   Smoking cessation, usually called quitting smoking or stopping smoking, is the process of discontinuing tobacco smoking. [1] Tobacco smoke contains nicotine, which is addictive and can cause dependence. [2] [3] As a result, nicotine withdrawal often makes the process of quitting difficult.

6. Epigenetic effects of smoking - Wikipedia

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   One of the most prominent and well studied epigenetic consequences of cigarette smoke is altered DNA methylation. Cigarette smoke acts through a number of mechanisms to effect this, chief among these being smoke-induced damage to the DNA and altered expression levels of proteins involved in DNA methylation and transcriptional regulation.

7. What’s Worse for Your Skin: Smoking Weed or Eating Edibles?

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   Similarly, If you’re not cleaning them properly, smoking out of a bong or a pipe, for example, could increase acne around your mouth. What about other things, like vaping, cigarettes, or alcohol?

8. What alcohol does to your brain and body, according to the ...

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   The first chemical produced when our liver breaks down alcohol is acetaldehyde, a known cancer-causer. Acetaldehyde plays a big role in hangovers: it causes nausea, which works in conjunction with ...

9. Nicotine - Wikipedia

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   Smoking is associated with a decreased risk of Parkinson's disease; however, it is unknown whether this is due to people with healthier brain dopaminergic reward centers (the area of the brain affected by Parkinson's) being more likely to enjoy smoking and thus pick up the habit, nicotine directly acting as a neuroprotective agent, or other ...