Protecting Your Brain by Quitting Cigarettes
Quitting smoking is beneficial not only for your lungs but also for protecting your memory and slowing cognitive decline, even later in life.
A recent study by University College London (UCL) researchers, published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity, analyzed data from 9,436 people aged 40 and over across 12 countries.
- The study compared cognitive test results between those who quit smoking and a matched group who continued to smoke.
- Results showed that people who gave up smoking experienced much slower cognitive decline than those who kept smoking.
In the six years after quitting, their ability to recall words declined at roughly half the rate of smokers, while their memory declined about 20 per cent more slowly.
Quitting smoking could help protect your memory and slow cognitive decline, even later in life.
Author's summary: Quitting smoking helps slow cognitive decline.
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