# Smoking and alcohol: Double trouble for the brain?

**URL:** <https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/t/smoking-and-alcohol-double-trouble-for-the-brain/1837>\
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**Created:** [March 13, 2019, 4:08pm UTC](https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/t/smoking-and-alcohol-double-trouble-for-the-brain/1837 "2019-03-13T16:08:51Z")\
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> **[Smoking and alcohol: Double trouble for the brain?](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/02/190227140020.htm)**
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> Along with many other harmful health consequences, smoking tobacco causes chemical changes, oxidative stress and inflammation in the brain. Excessive alcohol use can have similar effects. Surprisingly, however, very few studies have examined the...

  
Along with many other harmful health consequences, smoking tobacco causes chemical changes, oxidative stress and inflammation in the brain. Excessive alcohol use can have similar effects. Surprisingly, however, very few studies have examined the combined impact of smoking and alcohol on the brain. Now, researchers have shown that in rats, the joint use of tobacco and alcohol could increase neural damage in particular brain regions.