Posted AT 2:31 PM EDT on 25/01/07
Quitting easier for smokers with damage to specific brain area: study
TORONTO — Researchers have found that some smokers with damage to a specific area deep within the brain were able to butt out for good with virtually no effort.
The roughly toonie-sized region known as the insula can be damaged by stroke or other brain trauma.
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