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Do you have a rare form of Parkinson’s disease or are you just a cigarette smoker with ‘plagues and tangles’ in your brain?

  How can you tell the difference between two neurodegenerative health issues if you don’t look them up in a medical dictionary? Do you feel nervous and shaky today? Do you feel anxious or depressed? Are you having problems sleeping? Do you have a poor memory or problems paying attention to something for long?   Parkinson's disease is a fairly common neurological disorder in older adults, estimated to affect nearly 2 percent of those older than age 65. The National Parkinson Foundation estimates that 1 million Americans have Parkinson's disease. There are also over 46,000,000 smokers in the United States , half of whom would love to quit smoking, but have no idea HOW to stop. People with Parkinson’s disease have abnormal structures in their nerve cells that cause chronic damage. Smokers have fiberglass (the filter), plastic, pesticide, ammonia, bleach and TAR in their lungs, and the glass wool makes tiny tears in their epithelial tissue, creating damage to the...