News dall’estero_13 giugno 2018

Daily Mail, 12/06/2018

Netherlands: Smoking clogs up parts of the brain crucial for memory – increasing the risk of dementia, study finds

Smoking clogs an area of the brain crucial to memory, according to new research. When someone smokes, it causes a build-up of calcium in the hippocampus, part of the brain associated mainly with memory, in particular long-term memory. The study found that found those who smoked – or were diabetic – were more likely to have these ‘calcifications’ on CT scans. The research team studied 1,991 patients with an average age of 78 who had visited a memory clinic at a Dutch hospital between 2009 and 2015, looking at the link between vascular risk factors like high blood pressure, diabetes and smoking and brain calcifications. The findings may explain the link between cigarettes and dementia – and provide another reason to stub out the habit

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-5835339/Smoking-clogs-parts-brain-crucial-memory.html

Emerging Europe, 12/06/2018

Romania: BAT to Invest 800 Million Euros in Factory

British American Tobacco (BAT) announced on June 11 that it will invest 800 million euros over the next five years in its factory in Ploiești, Romania. The investment will support the expansion of BAT’s controversial ‘heat not burn’ tobacco products in countries across Europe during the second half of 2018. A completely new manufacturing hall will be built dedicated to producing specially designed tobacco ‘heat not burn’ sticks – called Neostiks – which work with the glo tobacco heating device.

https://emerging-europe.com/in-brief/bat-to-invest-800-million-euros-in-romanian-factory/