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http://www.economist.com/editorial/freeforall/current/index_science_and_technology.html First paragraph..... >Tobacco is bad for your health, but nicotine may be good for it > >IT IS decades since cigarette companies advertised the health-giving >properties of their products, but it has been suspected for some time that >cigarettes, for all their harmful effects, serve to protect people against >Parkinson's disease. Not only do smokers suffer less from Parkinson's >than their abstemious counterparts, but those who do develop it >frequently have a milder form. And Parkinson's is not the only illness that >tobacco seems to help. Psychiatrists have observed for many years that >cigarette smoking is almost ubiquitous among people with schizophrenia, >leading to suggestions that this activity is a form of self-medication. -- --------- My opinions are my own, NIP's opinions are theirs ---------- Simon J. Coles Email: [log in to unmask] New Information Paradigms Work Phone: +44 1344 753703 http://www.nipltd.com/ Work Fax: +44 1344 753742 =============== Life is too precious to take seriously ===============