Elderly smokers lose brain function five times faster than their non-puffing peers, according to a recent study of nearly 10,000 European men and women. Smoking may cause undetectable strokes or kill neurons in the brain some other way.

In either case, there’s only one message. “Don’t smoke,” says Lenore Launer, Ph.D., of the National Institute on Aging. “It’s not good for your heart and it’s not good for your brain either.”

Source: Health Magazine 2004 October 

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