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Dennis Greene wrote: > To all List members, > > The Smoking Straw Poll has been running for 4 days now > and has generated the magnificent total of 9 replies. This, > would seem to indicate that, in terms of this list at least, > quitting smoking has not been a factor in the timing of the > diagnosis of PD. > > Of course, it may just indicate that no-one is aware of the > poll, or that people have decided not to bother with it, or > even that more time is needed. I shall keep the excercise > going but I suspect not much will change. > > For the interested the results to date are: > > Replies: 9 > > Onset within months of quitting: 3 > > Onset within 3 yrs of quitting: 2 > > Onset within 10 yrs of quitting: 2 > > Onset later than 10 yrs after quitting: 1 > > Worsening, within months of quitting, > of a pre-existing PD condition: 1 > > The straw seems to have gone straight down to the ground, > indicating a dead calm. As I say I shall continue to watch for > replies, but my priliminary thinkling is that there probably is no > connection between quitting and PD. > > My thanks to those of you who responded. > > Incedently, whilst I didn't keep count, I seem to have had more > responses telling me that straw polls are unscientific, than I had > responses to the poll as such. Straw polls, by definition, are un- > scientific, but can be interesting as long as their results are kept > in perspective. > > Dennis. > > ++++++++++++++++++++ > Dennis Greene 47/10 > [log in to unmask] > ++++++++++++++++++++ Dennis, Fuad never did start smoking, so therefore did not stop smoking. :) Barb