Monday, January 6, 2014

Want a good night's sleep? Quit smoking

As if cancer, heart disease and other diseases were not enough motivation to make quitting smoking your New Year's resolution, here's another wake-up call: New research published in the January 2014 issue of The FASEB Journal suggests that smoking disrupts the circadian clock function in both the lungs and the brain. Translation: Smoking ruins productive sleep, leading to cognitive dysfunction, mood disorders, depression and anxiety."This study has found a common pathway whereby cigarette smoke impacts both pulmonary and neurophysiological function.

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