SMOKING REDUCES THE RISK OF PARKINSON’S DISEASE (PD)

Smoking is a risk factor for many non-communicable diseases, such as heart attacks, strokes, cancers, chronic obstructive lung diseases, liver disease, diabetes and pneumonia. It is expected to cause 1 billion deaths in 21st century. However, it has one benefit. In a long term study, smokers were found to have lower occurrence of Parkinson’s disease