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What is CTE? What is CTE? Read the studies Read the studies * THE ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY Duration of American football play and chronic traumatic encephalopathy * THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION Development and validation of risk models to select ever-smokers for CT lung-cancer screening * The New England Journal of Medicine Selection criteria for lung-cancer screening * Oxford Academic Variations in lung cancer risk among smokers Youth tackle football is a lot like smoking. The longer you do it, the greater the danger. Over time, a child’s risk ofdeveloping CTE from tacklemay add up faster than a smoker’s risk of developing lung cancer. Starting younger only increases the risk. How does tackle cause CTE? WHAT IS CTE? WHAT IS CTE? Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a progressive brain disease that can cause problems with mood, behavior, thinking, and memory. It may lead todementia or eventual death. HEALTHY BRAIN BRAIN WITH CTE CREDIT: DR. ANN MCKEE, COPYRIGHT: BU PHOTOGRAPHY What are the odds? How does tackle cause CTE? CTE IS TRIGGERED BY REPEATED HITS TO THE HEAD. Every hit, big or small, causes the brain to move violently inside the skull. This movement can damage the brain, and it isnot stopped by a helmet. Over time, those repeated hits can spark the disease. What happens when you quit? WHAT ARE THE ODDS OF DEVELOPING DISEASE? WHAT ARE THE ODDS OF DEVELOPING DISEASE? * 1 * 2 * 3 More reasons why tackle can wait WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU QUIT? QUIT SMOKING LUNGS RECOVER QUIT TACKLE BRAINS DON'T Share