{"id":29032,"date":"2026-02-25T22:22:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T22:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/?p=29032"},"modified":"2026-02-25T22:22:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T22:22:00","slug":"120051","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/?p=29032","title":{"rendered":"The Smoking Paradox: Tobacco Lowers Parkinson&#8217;s Risk, but Only for Some People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/clf1.medpagetoday.com\/media\/images\/120xxx\/120051.jpg\" \/> (MedPage Today) &#8212; A large 9-year Korean study showed that current smoking status, not historical use, was the primary driver behind a reduced risk of Parkinson&#8217;s disease.<br \/>\nCompared with persistent smokers, recent quitters had a higher risk of&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>\n<strong>Source:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/neurology\/parkinsonsdisease\/120051\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\nwww.medpagetoday.com<br \/>\n<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#666;\">\n<strong>Medical Disclaimer:<\/strong><br \/>\nThis content is shared for informational and educational purposes only.<br \/>\nIt does not constitute medical, legal, or policy advice.<br \/>\nHealthcare decisions should always be made in consultation with qualified professionals.\n<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(MedPage Today) &#8212; A large 9-year Korean study showed that current smoking status, not historical use, was the primary driver behind a reduced risk of Parkinson&#8217;s disease. Compared with persistent smokers, recent quitters had a higher risk of&#8230; Source: www.medpagetoday.com Medical Disclaimer: This content is shared for informational and educational purposes only. It does not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29033,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[171],"tags":[16299,19383,15584,10457,8056,12042,11973],"class_list":["post-29032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-conditions","tag-lowers","tag-paradox","tag-parkinsons","tag-people","tag-risk","tag-smoking","tag-tobacco"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}