Nah...I had been out of modeling for several years...however, when I was building "back in the day" we didn't know how some of the chemicals could affect us. Both my parents were two pack a day folks so I was exposed to that...if it had any affect...who knows.
They're pretty sure mine was probably environmental...note the "probably"...
I've seen a lot of videos of guys painting, using pretty strong chemicals, glues, etc. and not wearing any protection. Since building a good model is as good as sex should we wear protection for that too? Ok, I'm showing my senior dementia there!! LOL...
Wearing the mask is just a slight inconvenience...I sometimes slip into the fantasy of being Maverick..."break left!"...