A new research suggests exercises – aimed at increasing self-control – can decrease the unconscious influences that motivate a person to smoke. Neuroimaging studies have shown that smokers have less activity in the brain regions associated with self-control. Senior author Nora Volkow from the US National Institute on Drug Abuse said that they were interested in trying to probe how repeated use of drugs ultimately influences our ability to control our desires. Texas Tech University…
Mindfulness meditation may help you quit smoking
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