Men who smoke have an elevated risk of dementia, according to a new analysis of nationwide health claims from South Korea.
Compared with continual smokers, long-term quitters had a 14 percent lower risk of dementia, while men who had never smoked had a 19 percent lower risk, according to the analysis, which was published in the Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology.
The analysis also found that men who had never smoked had an 18 percent decreased risk of Alzheimer’s disease,...
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source https://psychcentral.com/news/2018/09/08/smoking-may-be-tied-to-higher-risk-of-dementia/138541.html
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