Hi! Meg: It makes sense since nicotine has an inhibitory effect on the development of PD. Raj [log in to unmask] ****************** Original Message: ----------------- From: Meg Duggan [log in to unmask] Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 17:41:24 EDT To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Attn smokers/Mario I wonder if heavy smoking could mask the onset of symptoms at the very early stages? I know someone who developed symptoms after she quit a heavy habit, but I never gave any thought to a link. I remember her mentioning that she had "shakes" she couldn't get rid of after she quit, this later turned out to be PD. Just wondering if she had the tremor under the smoking and it became more pronounced with the quitting?? Any thoughts on that anyone? Meg ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn