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COPD results in lowered levels of oxygen in the blood, which can damage neurons and affect brain function. In addition, people with COPD have higher levels of certain body chemicals that are linked to thinking and memory problems.

brain growth stopped long ago. As a result, an adult isn’t stunting their peak potential so much as they are limiting their capacities later in life. By contrast, a teen who uses nicotine is stopping their true potential from developing. This factor was noted in “Nicotine and the Adolescent Brain,” a recent scientific study. “There is a substantial literature that shows nicotine to be a neuroteratogen that exerts long-term, maturational effects at critical stages of brain development,” the study’s authors reported. “As discussed in the present review, adolescence is a sensitive period for maturation of brain circuits that regulate cognition and emotion, with resulting vulnerability to the effects of nicotine and tobacco.”

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Nicotine: Negative Effects on the Adolescent Brain