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11/10/2010

A new study sponsored by Kaiser Permanente indicates that heavy smoking in midlife increases an individual's risk of developing Alzheimer's disease by more than 157 percent and of developing vascular dementia by 172 percent. A follow-up study will seek to determine whether quitting smoking might lower dementia risk.