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burt, my husbnd, started smoking at age 15, in the mid fifties; he died 5 years ago aged 52, of lung cancer. My struggles with pd, and with the authorities certainly werent helped by his smoking! hilary janet paterson wrote: > > dad died in 1977, but we still have his 'ditty' ['kit-ty?'] box from his > service days > which still contains a fascinating collection of curios and mementos > including a water-tight silver case > for holding 'lucifers' > > this creates an interesting link to yet another news story about smoking > which i am about to post > > my father started smoking when he was 14 - > [hah! > i just realised that > that was when he arrived in canada and went to work on a farm in ontario > in a type of indentured-labour plan in exchange for free-passage to 'the > new world'] > - and he died of throat cancer in 1977 when he was 68 > > so all of those tales linking possible benefits connecting smoking tobacco > and pd > don't hold much water in this bucket! > [not to pre-judge any compelling research in the area! > > janet > smoke-free since 1970 > > janet paterson > 53 now / 41 dx / 37 onset > a new voice: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/ > 613 256 8340 PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario Canada K0A 1A0