{"id":1405,"date":"2023-12-31T06:55:40","date_gmt":"2023-12-31T06:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pk-pharmakommunikation.de\/blog\/think-also-about-the-brain-when-making-good-resolutions\/"},"modified":"2024-05-14T13:30:46","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T13:30:46","slug":"think-also-about-the-brain-when-making-good-resolutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pk-pharmakommunikation.de\/en\/blog\/think-also-about-the-brain-when-making-good-resolutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Think also about the brain when making good resolutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The same triad of fire\u00adworks, alcohol (usually inclu\u00adding a hangover) and good inten\u00adtions appears every year on New Year\u2019s Eve and New Year\u2019s Day. The good inten\u00adtions tend to be straight\u00adfor\u00adward: You can simply pull out last year\u2019s list, because usually the good inten\u00adtions didn\u2019t really work out after all. If your list included or includes quit\u00adting smoking, there is now another argu\u00adment that could encou\u00adrage you in your endea\u00advours. Accor\u00adding to a new study from December 2023, smoking is not only harmful to your lungs and blood vessels, makes you look older more quickly and increases your risk of various types of cancer \u2014 smoking also causes your brain to shrink. At least this is the result of the study of over 30,000 smokers and non-smokers. Although the diffe\u00adrences are in the per mille range, they are nevert\u00adheless an unmist\u00adakable indi\u00adca\u00adtion of the harmful effects of smoking on the brain. And while your lungs, for example, recover when you give up ciga\u00adrettes, your brain remains what it is \u2014 smaller than it should be. And the logical conclu\u00adsion is: with a smaller brain, cogni\u00adtive perfor\u00admance decreases and with it the likeli\u00adhood that future good inten\u00adtions will be fulfilled. With this in mind: here\u2019s to a healthy, smoke-free New Year 2024! You can find the original study here: Chang Y, Thornton V, Chaloem\u00adtoem A, Anokhin AP, Bijs\u00adter\u00adbosch J, Bogdan R, Hancock DB, Johnson EO, Bierut LJ. Inves\u00adti\u00adga\u00adting the rela\u00adti\u00adonship between smoking beha\u00advior and global brain volume. Biolo\u00adgical Psych\u00adiatry Global Open Science. Dec. 11, 2023. DOI:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bpsgos.org\/article\/S2667-1743(23)00136-2\/fulltext\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10.1016\/j.bpsgos.2023.09.006<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The same triad of fire\u00adworks, alcohol (usually inclu\u00adding a hangover) and good inten\u00adtions appears every year on New Year\u2019s Eve and New Year\u2019s Day. 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