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Today I read an article from Reuters stating that the nicotine patch may possibly help people w/ PD. The article even went so far as to say that smokers may be less likely to develope PD than non-smokers. This is not true in my case. I've been a smoker all my life. I quit around 1989 (4 pks./day), but started again in 1994 after the death of our infant son. Now I am in the process of quiting again FOR GOOD, and have cut down to less than 1 pk./day from 4 pks./day. I can tell you that smoking has not helped any of my PD symptoms, and even if it did, I doubt I would keep smoking or using a nicotine patch, because as of yesterday I found out that I have a serious heart problem on top of the PD. I have a loving, supportive wife and 3 wonderful young children whom I need to be around for. The PD will make it hard enough to enjoy the years I have left, and I'm certainly not going to help continue to speed up the degeneration process by deliberately putting nicotine in my body! Am I wrong about this??!! Jim J. 54/4 So.Lake Tahoe, CA