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I don't think Dr. Kasarda was pledging support for smoking. I think he was
trying to show a metabolic and physiological connection between smoking and
celiac manifestations.
 
I am a reformed smoker. I quit because my husband and children hated it. I
was classified as a near perfect physical specimen while I smoked; size
8-10, no baggy eyes or bloated gut.
 
Quitting the "dirty habit" triggered a whole new lifestyle. I gained 84
pounds in a year. The horrible blebs of Dermititis Herpetiformis and the
ancillary itching appeared. I started to react to the ingestion of certain
foods. Thirteen years of misdiagnosis followed. I suffered everything from
Fibromyalgia to many symptoms that a nice person should not have to endure.
 
I have not smoked in twenty-four years. All the world is safe from my
"secondary smoke".
 
I have Celiac Disease and  Dermatitis Herpetiformis. Both are controlled
-neither will ever be "cured".
 
This is not an advocation for smoking. It is a record of the many
mysterious aspects of anabolism and catabolism.   "Irregardless" AMS
 
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> Irregardless of this finding, I would think long term studies would be
> impossible to do as test patients died from  other health complications
> of cigarette smoking. One would be hard pressed to find any qualified
> medical professional to extol the virtues of smoking cigarettes. The
> detrimental and oftentimes fatal health risks of cigarette smoking is
> one of the major causes of death in America. Enough said.
> Fran Gillespie, Oregon