Take the cigarette factor out of it... put in an addiction factor as opposed to a physical item such as a cigarette or tobacco in general. That was more the line of my question.
Hatton Larry C. Lyons wrote: >>On the issue of the biological nature of homosexuality as opposed to the >>choice of smoking, from what I understood there was a biological factor >>that would predict a tendency for homosexual preference but not a >>guarantee. The same can be said for people (such as myself) that have >>addictive personalities and family history of addictive habits. >> Alcoholism runs in my family, as does compulsive eating and the >>tendency to "overdo" things. I smoked for 7 years and quit in 2001. I >>wonder if the research has been done in the same vein for smokers and a >>biological link? >> >>Hatton >> >> > >Unfortunately smoking is so inextricably tied up with environmental >factors I think it would be almost impossible to tease out hereditary >factors. Some studies have suggested that if your parents smoke you >are 75% more likely to smoke than if only one parent smoked or >neither parent. When I did a quick medline check, most of the studies >that turned up looked at genetic factors involved in lung cancer, and >included cigarette smoking as a control factor. > >Besides smoking has not been around long enough to have a genetic >basis. Remember that cigarettes only became popular in the 1920's or >so. > >larry > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
