smoking and brain function

Parents now have another reason to worry about their children smoking. Nicotine might cause the teenage brain to develop abnormally, resulting in changes to the structure of white matter -- the neural tissue through which signals are relayed. Teenagers who smoke, or whose mothers smoked during pregnancy, are also more likely to suffer from auditory attention deficits, … [Read more...] about Teens Who Smoke Truly are Acting Brainless