Click to play videoAtlanta: For years millions of smokers have struggled to kick the habit. Now researchers say they have found a region of the brain that may hold the secret to getting people nicotine free.
They found out that a group of smokers that suffered a stroke that involves specifically that small area deep inside the brain called the insula, when these people recovered from their stroke, they didn't want a cigarette.
They had no trouble quitting, they had no cravings. The insula oversees urges and addictions.
Stroke victims whose strokes did not damage the insula had a different result.
They found another large group of stroke victims, all of whom were smokers, and their strokes did not involve the insula.
When they recovered from their strokes, most went right back smoking and when they tried quit, they had the urge. The findings were first reported in the latest edition of the journal science.
Scientists are hoping that the discovery will lead to new treatments that focus in on the insula. They also think it may help people who are addicted to other substances as well.
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