If men don't give up this thing, it will damage their brains!

According to a recent British study, long-term smoking can significantly reduce men's memory, thinking ability, learning ability and information processing ability, but not women's.

Long-term smoking can seriously damage men's brains

In the new study, Dr. Severin Sabia of the University of London and her colleagues analyzed data from nearly 5,100 men and more than 2,100 women.

The survey found that for men, smoking was closely related to the rapid decline in the above brain functions. Men who continued to smoke during the study scored lower in various tests. In addition, men who quit smoking within 10 years did not see immediate improvements in brain function. "Executive functioning", which involves complex processes such as planning, setting and implementing specific goals, still showed a downward trend.

Dr. Sabia said the new research results show that there is a correlation between smoking and brain cognitive ability, especially in the middle-aged and elderly population. The new study did not find a correlation between women's smoking and their brain power decline. The specific reasons for the gender difference in this regard are still unclear.

Dr. Mark Gordon, director of the Department of Neurology at Jucker Hillside Hospital in New York, commented that the new research results are a new reason to quit smoking. The new research emphasizes that smoking is harmful to the brain, and smoking in middle age is equivalent to 10 years of premature brain aging, and this factor is actually a controllable factor.