Inverse Association Between Smoking And Parkinson's Disease Reinforced WESTP0RT, Jan 21 (Reuters Health) - New evidence adds support to the notion that smoking protects against the development of Parkinson's disease (PD). In a population-based case-control study, Dr. Jay M. Gorell, of Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, and a multicenter team examined smoking and alcohol consumption in 144 PD patients and 464 matched controls. http://ipn.intelihealth.com/ipn/ihtIPN?c=208302