Comments on: Early Smoking Linked to Increased Risk for MS?

By: Jen

Jen — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:57:33 +0000

Yeah– it seems like the whole UK starts smoking in like grade school. I think Scotland has one of the HIGHEST amounts of MSers in the WORLD(Ireland’s up there too.) My mom quit smoking when I was little and my dad stopped before I was around. But a lot of people smoked in my high school and then away at college, so I got sucked in too.

PS: I constantly have to censor myself for expletives. It’s a REAL CHALLENGE sometimes..

By: Richie

Richie — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:37:13 +0000

Very interesting- when I lived in Scotland I was shocked by the number of children who smoked (10 year old and even younger) and most of my friends had smoked since early teens. Scotland is an MS hot spot- as well as lung cancer and heart disease hot spot. Herrad’s mother taught her to smoke- first allowing her to light them- later to inhale a little and then when she was bit more grown up have a whole one: unbelievable! Could that rank stupidity have had something to do with the hell of MS too?
I could not write the next sentence without expletives so I have self censored.
Richie

By: Jen

Jen — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:07:35 +0000

Good question.

By: Kim

Kim — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:21:16 +0000

I never smoked but my dad smoked a lot for 18 years I lived there. I wonder if second hand counts.
Kim
I would not blame him either way

By: Jen

Jen — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:27:52 +0000

I wonder about the AMOUNT of early smoking myself. I never smoked a whole pack (usually just gave the rest to others after a little binge or bummed them off people.)

Interesting, huh?

By: Nadja Tizer

Nadja Tizer — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:05:05 +0000

Wow, very interesting. I never heard this before. I used to smoke between about 16 and 19 and then I quit. I doubt there is a correlation but…