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2. 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 ...

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

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   However, a new study has found another negative effect of the harmful habit — this time, involving a smoker's brain. ... Global Open Science, were a result of comparing 32,094 smokers' smoking ...

4. Youth smoking - Wikipedia

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   There was a greater effect of father smoking on boys than girls, the effects of the father smoking depended on if the father lived at home with the adolescent, and there was a greater effect of parental smoking on youth under the age of 13. [25] Extending beyond parents, siblings may also exert an effect on adolescent smoking.

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. Smoking - Wikipedia

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   Smoking is a practice in which a substance is combusted and the resulting smoke is typically inhaled to be tasted and absorbed into the bloodstream of a person. Most commonly, the substance used is the dried leaves of the tobacco plant, which have been rolled with a small rectangle of paper into an elongated cylinder called a cigarette.

7. Adriana Galván - Wikipedia

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   Her studies have explored neural mechanisms underlying decision-making and risk-taking, [16] [17] the influences of stress and other experiences on behavior and brain functioning, [18] [19] and neurobiological factors associated with cigarette smoking in adolescence. [20] Other influential work has focused on how sleep affects the developing ...

8. Smoking and Health - Wikipedia

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   The health effects of tobacco had been debated by users, medical experts, and governments alike since its introduction to European culture. [1] Hard evidence for the ill effects of smoking became apparent with the results of several long-term studies conducted in the early to middle twentieth century, such as the epidemiology studies of Richard Doll and pathology studies of Oscar Auerbach.

9. Family posts shocking video of teen's brain damage after ...

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   Thomson's family decided to post a video on Facebook of the teen in her current state. They want to warn others of the dangers that can occur when taking drugs. In the video, Thomson's speech is ...