XPost: alt.activism, ny.politics, nyc.general
XPost: nyc.politics
From: liberty@once.net
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> On Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:32:55 GMT, "Freedom Fighter"
> wrote:
>
>>"jeremy" wrote in message
>>news:QdCTk.4722$pr6.1973@flpi149.ffdc.sbc.com...
>>> Freedom Fighter wrote:
>>>> "jeremy" wrote in message
>>>> news:oyiTk.8564$ZP4.7896@nlpi067.nbdc.sbc.com...
>>>>> Freedom Fighter wrote:
>>>>> , but in the
>>>>>> case of tobacco smoke, others are harmed too.
>>>>
>>>>> Lots of luck trying to defend that statement with peer reviewed
>>>>> science.
>>>>>
>>>>> JJ
>>>>
>>>> The harmfulness of second-hand tobacco smoke is well documented.
>>
>>> No it is not. What has happened is the un-qualified studies, with no
>>> acceptable level of peer review have been repeated and exaggerated to
>>> the
>>> point of becoming "accepted fact"
>>> The studies that show (peer reviewed I might add) that exposure to low
>>> levels of ETS reduce asthma incidence in children, seem to be hidden
>>> from
>>> view.
>>>
>>> As one of my friends who happens to be a research in the field states,
>>> "I
>>> have never written second-hand smoke on a death certificate." and as
>>> another asks, "Name me three people who died from ETS."
>>
>>Because the smoke does not kill people on the spot.
>>The deaths are said to be due to lung cancer, heart attack, asthsma,
>>stroke,
>>etc., but no mention is made of the exacerbating, sometimes causative
>>factor
>>of tobacco smoke.
>>
>
> Although some people have smoked their
> entire adult lives and never had lung disease,
> while others who have never smoked get it.
> So that needs explanation as well.
There are other factors, such as genetic predisposition and the simultaneous
exposure to other disease-causitive agents. Of course there are individual
exceptions, but on the average, the statistics are undeniable - tobacco
smoking kills!
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