From Discover Magazine. A study recently published in Neuropsychopharmacology shows that something called the “insula,” which is part of the cerebral cortex, is thinner in the brains of teens who smoke versus teens who don’t smoke. The insula helps govern emotions and consciousness and it also contains a lot of nicotine receptors so is part of … Continue reading Weird … study: Cigarettes may alter teens’ brain structure, make them more prone to other addictions