Harvard Study Says Smoking Cigarettes May Protect Against Parkinsons Disease

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HARVARD STUDY SAYS SMOKING CIGARETTES MAY PROTECT AGAINST PARKINSONS DISEASE
Anonymous Coward User ID: 137330 United States 03/21/2007 01:05 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	HARVARD STUDY SAYS SMOKING CIGARETTES MAY PROTECT AGAINST PARKINSONS DISEASE By Megan Rauscher NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study adds to the previously reported evidence that cigarette smoking protects against Parkinson's disease. Specifically, the new research shows a temporal relationship between smoking and reduced risk of Parkinson's disease. That is, the protective effect wanes after smokers quit. "It is not our intent to promote smoking as a protective measure against Parkinson's disease," Evan L. Thacker from Harvard School of Public Health emphasized in comments to Reuters Health. "Obviously smoking has a multitude of negative consequences. Rather, we did this study to try to encourage other scientists...to consider the possibility that neuroprotective chemicals may be present in tobacco leaves." As reported in the March 6th issue of Neurology, Thacker and colleagues analyzed data, including detailed lifetime smoking histories, from 79,977 women and 63,348 men participating in the Cancer Prevention Study II Nutrition Cohort. During about 9 years of follow-up, 413 subjects developed definite or probable Parkinson's disease. ADVERTISEMENT (article continues below) Compared to people who had never smoked and were considered to have "normal" Parkinson's disease risk, former smokers had a 22-percent lower risk of Parkinson's disease and current smokers had a 73-percent lower risk. "The results were similar for men and women, and were also similar to the results of studies by many other researchers looking at the same topic," Thacker noted. [link to www.health.am] Last Edited by Account Deleted by User on 08/28/2011 03:00 AM

Adventure Guy User ID: 212056 United Kingdom 03/21/2007 01:18 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: HARVARD STUDY SAYS SMOKING CIGARETTES MAY PROTECT AGAINST PARKINSONS DISEASE yeah and then you die from numerous other complications after smoking... synchronicity.fate.karma.cross-overs.empathy.spirits. supernatural.camping.hiking.adventure.travel. AC no-more. 5 years lurking and I've finally been caught. [link to www.youtube.com]
Anonymous Coward User ID: 211467 United Kingdom 03/21/2007 01:20 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: HARVARD STUDY SAYS SMOKING CIGARETTES MAY PROTECT AGAINST PARKINSONS DISEASE Hooray, time to start smoking again!
SolarMax User ID: 180752 United States 03/21/2007 01:27 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: HARVARD STUDY SAYS SMOKING CIGARETTES MAY PROTECT AGAINST PARKINSONS DISEASE I have known a number of folks who have had Parkinson's disease. Most were smokers. The numbers look convincing but something doesn't seem right.

Anonymous Coward User ID: 212071 Ireland 03/21/2007 01:58 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: HARVARD STUDY SAYS SMOKING CIGARETTES MAY PROTECT AGAINST PARKINSONS DISEASE It is my personal experience and observation that smoking increases intellectual awareness and protects in other ways, too. It does have a calming effect on the nerves.
Dean -- Iowa User ID: 208047 United States 03/21/2007 05:29 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: HARVARD STUDY SAYS SMOKING CIGARETTES MAY PROTECT AGAINST PARKINSONS DISEASE It is my personal experience and observation that smoking increases intellectual awareness and protects in other ways, too. It does have a calming effect on the nerves. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 212071 Yup. Smoking has BOTH a calming effect, if you're hyper, and an invigorating effect, if you're in a down mood. This has been known for over 40 years (reported in psychology magazines). Smoking also has been reported, by researchers, to reduce the frequency and severity of asthma (regardless of what the media says about second-hand smoke). In addition, smoking greatly reduces the severity and duration of most forms (maybe all forms) of influenza -- also reported by researchers. Lung cancer is NOT caused by smoking -- it's caused by a virus that attacks weakened lungs. Smoking can weaken lung function -- but ONLY when the diet is very low in fats, especially saturated fats (meat, eggs, butter, coconut oil) and high in polyunsaturated fats (soybean oil, corn oil, canola oil, sunflower seed oil, etc.). The same fat combination also produces obesity, heart disease and many other degenerative diseases. The highest rate of smoking in the US occurred in the 1920's through 1940's (some say the flu epidemic in 1918 was cut off because so many people started smoking) but there was practically no lung cancer (except for coal miners' black-lung disease). The increase in lung, and all other, cancers started in the 1950's when the low-fat craze took hold and food manufacturers switched from using animal fats and coconut oil to using soybean and corn oil. This change in fats also reduce the natural flavor of foods so more MSG had to be added (McDonald's spent millions of dollars on research into flavoring to add to their french-fries when they switched from lard to vegetable oil).
Anonymous Coward User ID: 160332 United States 03/21/2007 05:40 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: HARVARD STUDY SAYS SMOKING CIGARETTES MAY PROTECT AGAINST PARKINSONS DISEASE Smoking prevents alzheimers. One does of cancer or heart disease before getting alzheimers.

Anonymous Coward User ID: 199159 Canada 03/21/2007 05:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: HARVARD STUDY SAYS SMOKING CIGARETTES MAY PROTECT AGAINST PARKINSONS DISEASE BS, my Dad smoked and he got Parkinson's, THEY just want people to go back to smoking again.
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