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Research is still in its early stages but scientist are working to prove the theory that smoking destroys both gray and white matter. In a study conducted on 22 smokers and 23 who have never smoked, revealed that smokers has significantly smaller gray matter volume and density. Lower densities were also found in the thalamus, cerebellum, and almost every other region of the brain.

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