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Not quite. It may lower your risk to half that of a non-smoker's, but it doesn't prevent it, and thats even in dispute. More than a few scientists believe that it has more to do with the chemical balance in your brain. The chemical balance in the brains of people who are more more susceptible to nicotine addiction may also help insulate them from Parkinson's. So it may have to due with the predisposition to nicotine addiction rather than the nicotine itself.
And when you consider that almost 200,000 people a year are diagnosed with lung cancer, and about 60,000 a year are diagnosed with Parkinson's...
Who knows, it may be one of those things that are "d*mned if you do, d*mned if you don't".
Sorry for going slightly off topic. Not saying anyone is evil for smoking, just making sure the facts are straight. Like I said, as long as you don't blow a puff in my face, I don't care what you do. Its your choice.
And when you consider that almost 200,000 people a year are diagnosed with lung cancer, and about 60,000 a year are diagnosed with Parkinson's...
Who knows, it may be one of those things that are "d*mned if you do, d*mned if you don't".
Sorry for going slightly off topic. Not saying anyone is evil for smoking, just making sure the facts are straight. Like I said, as long as you don't blow a puff in my face, I don't care what you do. Its your choice.
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Who knows, it may be one of those things that are "d*mned if you do, d*mned if you don't".
Sorry for going slightly off topic. Not saying anyone is evil for smoking, just making sure the facts are straight. Like I said, as long as you don't blow a puff in my face, I don't care what you do. Its your choice.
Sorry for going slightly off topic. Not saying anyone is evil for smoking, just making sure the facts are straight. Like I said, as long as you don't blow a puff in my face, I don't care what you do. Its your choice.
Just trying to balance things out a bit. George Burns smoked at least one cigar a day ... lived to be 100. I'll not fall into the pit of hysteria.
What was the topic ... oh, yeah ... off topic stories about things flying off of our vehicles.
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you know , they have a eltric cig. for you smokers , it gives u the feeling of smoking (vapor nicatoine), and u can smoke it anywhere. Its great for us non smokers , i dont have to deal with my parents smoke when im trying to sleep. But please dont take this as a DONT SMOKE , or a SMOKE TILL U DROP post, Im just putting it out there for folks that dont know.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...oking-ban.html
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...oking-ban.html
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i got a couple of funnies
1. my dad was driving one of the tractor trailers loaded with corn, the cop pulls him over, he wonders wtf...a wheel bearing on the trailer had caught on fire.
2. my uncle borrowed a motorhome that we don't own anymore, to go to the farm progress show, we had a water tank strapped to the top for the horses, and we forgot to take it off before he borrowed it, the straps came loose somehow, and ya can guess the rest of what happened when he was underway at 60 + MPH
1. my dad was driving one of the tractor trailers loaded with corn, the cop pulls him over, he wonders wtf...a wheel bearing on the trailer had caught on fire.
2. my uncle borrowed a motorhome that we don't own anymore, to go to the farm progress show, we had a water tank strapped to the top for the horses, and we forgot to take it off before he borrowed it, the straps came loose somehow, and ya can guess the rest of what happened when he was underway at 60 + MPH