Smoking fights Parkinson's?

Whee · 03-12-2010, 11:05 AM

I call BS.

Apparenlty only cigarettes have the benefit.

Dad was a pipe smoker for at least 35 years. 2 or 3 bowls a day.

Parkinson's diagnosed in 1997. Passed in 2005.

Nice to hear baccy getting a positive spin, though.

M1903A1 · 03-12-2010, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by illinoishoosier

I call BS.

Apparenlty only cigarettes have the benefit.

Dad was a pipe smoker for at least 35 years. 2 or 3 bowls a day.

Parkinson's diagnosed in 1997. Passed in 2005.

Nice to hear baccy getting a positive spin, though.

I'm inclined to agree. My former shop head at the museum was a cigar smoker, probably since the 50s (5 or 10 a day), and it's been determined that he's had Parkinson's setting in for the last six years.

Razorhog · 03-12-2010, 02:39 PM

So maybe people should take up smoking so they won't get Parkinson's!

They won't get it because they'll be dead from lung cancer or emphysema or some other horrible disease.

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Whee formerly illinoishoosier Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Sean Location: Bishopville, SC Posts: 3,593 Trading: (17)	Re: Smoking fights Parkinson's? I call BS. Apparenlty only cigarettes have the benefit. Dad was a pipe smoker for at least 35 years. 2 or 3 bowls a day. Parkinson's diagnosed in 1997. Passed in 2005. Nice to hear baccy getting a positive spin, though. __________________ "Maybe I'm wrong, when they tell me they're right…..naaaaahhhhhh, I'm an asshooooooleeee"--Denis Leary

03-12-2010, 02:39 PM	#3
Razorhog Feeling at Home Join Date: Jul 2009 First Name: Beau Location: NE Arkansas Posts: 600 Trading: (4)	Re: Smoking fights Parkinson's? So maybe people should take up smoking so they won't get Parkinson's! They won't get it because they'll be dead from lung cancer or emphysema or some other horrible disease.