text: are there any benefits for smoking cigarettes? there are many rumors that smoking cigarettes can help offset some diseases.  also smoking can be thereputic.  i am looking for some websites or other points of reference that show how smoking can be beneficial is some way.  thanks! well, google "smoking benefits" and there are a couple pages. apparently smoking is associated with lowered risks of parkinsons and alzheimers and certain types of cancer. nicotine can be  therapeutic for schizophrenia. and of course, there are the immediate benefits of smoking, which are the reasons people do it: pleasure, mental stimulation / mood lift, weight loss / maintaining a lower weight.