Broxmeyer’s article “Thinking Unthinkable: Alzheimer’s, Creutzfeldt–Jakob and Mad Cow disease - age-related re-emergence of virulent, food borne, bovine tuberculosis, or losing your mind for sake of a shake or burger” is a well documented research study that is just now getting attention it deserves partly as a result of a report by Center for Disease Control (CDC). .

The Center for Disease Control (CDC) reported last May of an outbreak of CJD linked to consumption of meat contaminated “with agent causing” bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) at a New Jersey racetrack between time frame 1995-2004. In opinion of experts, ample justification now exists for considering a similar pathogenesis for Alzheimer’s, Creutzfeldt–Jakob and other spongiform encephalopathies such as Mad Cow disease. In fact, Creutzfeldt–Jakob and Alzheimer’s often coexist and at this point are thought to differ merely by time-dependent physical changes. A recent study links up to 13% of all “Alzheimer’s” victims as really having Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease.

According to Broxmeyer, Bovine tuberculosis, which includes Mycobacterium bovis and M. avium-intracellulare or paratuberculosis, is and has always been most prevalent threat to cattle industry, and USDA reports that between 20% and 40% of US dairy herds are infected with paratuberculosis alone.

According to research women start smoking and quit smoking for different reasons to men. For instance weight control is seen as a perceived benefit of smoking. Although smoking can help with weight control it does not help as much as it is perceived to help. As a clinical hypnotherapist I invariably ask my female clients who want to stop smoking this question "What would you rather deal with, a few extra pounds of weight or cancer?". Often response will be that they fear extra weight. Of course this can be because weight gain can seem more immediate and possible, whereas cancer seems more distant and less likely to happen.

Another reason why women may smoke is because of their closer emotional bonding to other women. Women are natural empathisers and in empathising with a close friend, if that friend is a smoker, by also smoking themselves they may perceive or feel that they understand their friend's issue. To a lesser degree this response is true during a work break when a number of female colleague's will smoke together and is another way of keeping strong bonds intact.

Stopping smoking, when female friends are continuing to smoke, can make new quitter feel isolated and distant from formerly close friends and colleagues.

Yet a third influence on women quitting smoking is their cycle. For those women who suffer irritability or worse during their cycle, it would not be a good idea to add to this by quitting smoking at same time.