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Date: Tue, 09 Jan 1996 08:48:46 -0300 (ADT) From: Barbara Duffin-Bates <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: PD and smoking This is very interesting. My husband flirted with pipe smoking years ago, but decided that it was silly and just stopped. No problem and no desire to resume the habit. He has had PD for 11 years now. Barb Bates Date sent: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 04:46:27 EST From: NIGEL COCKLE <[log in to unmask]> Subject: PD and smoking In my youth, I smoked both cigarettes and a pipe from time to time. I used to smoke because I enjoyed it but always found it very easy to stop and couldn't understand how people became addicted. Is it possible that people who are going to develop PD have a brain chemistry that does not respond to nicotine? This might explain why non smokers are more likely to get PD. Have Parkies on this list found giving up smoking difficult? Nigel Cockle (PD 12 years)