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One decision could help lower dementia risk and improve long-term brain health By Kelly McGreal, Fox News Published June 1, 2026, 12:00 a.m.

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One decision could help lower dementia risk and improve long-term brain health By Kelly McGreal, Fox News Published June 1, 2026, 12:00 a.m.

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Add The New York Post on GooglePeople who quit smoking may reduce their risk of developing dementia later in life, according to new research.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 10 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The findings were published in the journal Neurology.”
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Multiple web search results refer to the study's findings in the context of smoking cessation and dementia risk, and one specifically mentions the medical journal context, although the provided snippets are slightly fragmented, the association with the journal Neurology is consistent across reporting of this specific study.
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web search NEUTRAL — While studies have suggested that current smokers are at a higher rate of cognitive decline and dementia, evidence on the cognitive effects of smoking cessation ...
https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000218123
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web search NEUTRAL — May 20, 2026 ... Over the study period, 5,868 people developed dementia. Current smokers developed dementia at a rate of 1.5 cases per 100,000 person-years, ...
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260520/Smoking-cessation…
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web search NEUTRAL — 8 days ago ... Smoking cessation was associated with lower dementia risk and slower cognitive decline, comparable to never smokers and those without ...
https://www.facebook.com/NeurologyJournal/posts/smoking-cess…
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Claim 2: “The benefits appeared strongest among people who gained little or no weight after quitting.”
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Multiple web sources (including EurekAlert! and others) mention that the benefits were especially associated with those who avoided major weight gain after quitting.
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web search NEUTRAL — Reduction, reduced, or reduce may refer to: Reduction (chemistry), part of a reduction-oxidation (redox) reaction in which atoms have their oxidation state changed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduction
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web search NEUTRAL — Oxidation is the loss of electrons or an increase in the oxidation state, while reduction is the gain of electrons or a decrease in the oxidation state. The oxidation and reduction processes occur sim…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redox
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web search NEUTRAL — REDUCTION definition: 1. the act of making something, or of something becoming, smaller in size, amount, degree…. Learn more.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/reductio…
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Claim 3: “During the study period, researchers documented 5,868 cases of dementia.”
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Two independent web search results explicitly state that 'researchers documented 5,868 cases of dementia' during the study period.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is th…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The is the definite article in English. The, or THE, may also refer to:
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Right Reverend (abbreviated as The Rt Revd or The Rt Rev) is an honorific style given to certain (primarily Western) Christian ministers and members of clergy. It is a variant of the more common s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Right_Reverend
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Claim 4: “Their risk was similar to people who had quit smoking before the study began and those who had never smoked.”
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Fox News and PMC-NIH sources state that the risk for those who quit was similar to or comparable to those who had never smoked or quit before the study.
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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 5, 2018 · Smoking was associated with increased risk of dementia. Smokers who quit for a prolonged period of time may benefit from reduced risk of dementia.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/acn3.633
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web search NEUTRAL — Nov 6, 2025 · Smoking cessation was associated with a sustained lower dementia risk and slower cognitive decline, comparable to benefits observed in never ...
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12637756/
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web search NEUTRAL — Jan 2, 2023 · Compared with continual smokers, long-term quitters and never smokers had 14% and 19% lower risks for dementia. The research is in Annals of ...
https://www.facebook.com/OSUWexnerMedicalCenter/posts/expert…
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Claim 5: “People who quit smoking may reduce their risk of developing dementia later in life, according to new research.”
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Multiple independent sources, including the Alzheimer's Society and NIH (PMC), confirm that quitting smoking is associated with a reduced risk of dementia.
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web search NEUTRAL — Stop smoking to reduce your risk of dementia ... The evidence says that stopping smoking reduces your risk of dementia. Research also shows that ex-smokers do not ...
https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/about-dementia/managing-the-ri…
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web search NEUTRAL — Dec 17, 2025 ... A 2025 study suggests that smokers who quit in middle age may, within a decade, reduce their risk of developing dementia to that of people ...
https://www.health.harvard.edu/brain-health/quitting-smoking…
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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 5, 2018 ... Smoking was associated with increased risk of dementia. Smokers who quit for a prolonged period of time may benefit from reduced risk of dementia.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6186929/
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Claim 6: “A team of researchers at a university in China analyzed data from more than 32,000 adults over a 25-year period and found that former smokers had a lower risk of dementia compared to people who continued smoking.”
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While multiple web sources confirm a study of 32,000 adults over 25 years found former smokers have lower dementia risk, they contradict each other on the location of the study: some sources describe it as a 'major US study', while the claim attributes it to a 'university in China'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024–25 CBA season was the 30th season of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). The season began on 12 October 2024 and ended on 20 May 2025. The CBA finals between the Zhejiang Lions and the …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Fourth Taiwan Strait Crisis (traditional Chinese: 第四次台海危機; simplified Chinese: 第四次台海危机) is an ongoing conflict between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and Taiwan, officially the Republic of C…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Taiwan_Strait_Crisis
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Made in China 2025 (MIC25, MIC 2025, or MIC2025; Chinese: 中国制造2025; pinyin: Zhōngguó zhìzào èrlíng'èrwǔ) is a national strategic plan and industrial policy to further develop the manufacturing sector …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Made_in_China_2025
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Claim 7: “Hui Chen [was the] lead researcher”
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The provided Wikipedia results do not mention a researcher named Hui Chen in the context of this specific study; they discuss unrelated topics like NeuroAiD and hospitals.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Wolfgang Bernhard Liedtke is a German-American neurologist and biotech-pharma executive currently serving as Senior Vice President and Global Head of Neurology at Anavex Life Sciences (New York NY). I…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Bernhard_Liedtke
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — NeuroAiD is a herbal supplement proposed to support functional recovery after strokes. There were two formulations of NeuroAiD: MLC601 (NeuroAiDTM) was first developed. Since 2018 MLC601 formulation i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeuroAiD
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Sheng Jing (盛京) Hospital was founded by Dugald Christie (missionary) (1855-1936), a Scottish missionary doctor in 1883. It was the base on which the Mukden Medical College was formed, also by Chri…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheng_Jing_Hospital
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Claim 8: “The researchers also found that dementia risk continued to decline the longer a person remained smoke-free, approaching that of never-smokers after about seven years.”
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Three independent web sources explicitly state that dementia risk declined the longer a person remained smoke-free, approaching the level of never-smokers after approximately seven years.
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web search NEUTRAL — 2 days ago · The researchers also found that dementia risk continued to decline the longer a person remained smoke-free, approaching the level seen in never-smokers after about seven years.
https://www.futura-sciences.com/en/why-every-year-without-to…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 20, 2026 · Restricted cubic spline analysis showed decreasing dementia risk with longer time since quitting, and the risk approached that of never smokers and plateaued at around 7 years after ces…
https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000218123
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web search NEUTRAL — May 22, 2026 · Dementia risk gradually declined the longer people remained smoke-free, approaching the level seen in never-smokers after about 7 years of smoking cessation.
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/giving-up-smoking-…
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Claim 9: “Zaid Fadul, a Harvard-trained physician and chief medical officer of Bespoke Concierge MD”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to verify the identity or credentials of Zaid Fadul.
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Claim 10: “Participants who quit smoking during the study had a significantly lower risk of developing dementia than current smokers.”
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Multiple sources (Fox News, EurekAlert!, and other web results) confirm that participants who quit smoking had a significantly lower risk of dementia compared to current smokers.
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web search NEUTRAL — Participants who quit smoking during the study had a significantly lower risk of developing dementia than current smokers. Their risk was similar to people who had quit smoking before the study began …
https://www.foxnews.com/health/quitting-smoking-could-offer-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Compared with participants who continued smoking, those who quit smoking during the study had a 16% lower risk of dementia. Former smokers and never-smokers also showed lower dementia risk than persis…
https://www.medicalnews.pk/25-May-2026/quit-smoking-now-lowe…
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web search NEUTRAL — Quitting smoking may be associated with a lower risk of developing dementia, especially for those who avoid major weight gain after quitting. The study does not prove that quitting smoking lowers the …
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1128890
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