Potential benefits of nicotine to memory

It turns out the nicotine patch may help boost your brain power.

That’s the finding from a study of non-smokers most of whom were in their mid-70’s.

All had mild cognitive impairment that wasn’t bad enough to be diagnosed as dementia.

Those who wore a nicotine patch for six months did better on memory and thinking tests while those on a placebo patch did progressively worse.