As in all cases against Tobacco, the proof of harm is all circumstantial and no positive proof is ever presented. As in the comment above which mentions SHS as being a health threat in the link provided. Not one person has been proven to have died due to SHS and Smoking is only one of dozens of possible causes. It is impossible for Epidemiology to pinpoint any single cause and that is the specific reason it is used. Studies find the predetermined cause or funding will be withdrawn. Without funding no studies would be done and this is the reason fraud can be found in at least 29% of all studies.
Even the MSA agreement found no positive proof. Tobacco companies settled to stop suits and passed the cost to consumers. Fraud was a definite possibility and is still being investigated. Politically correctness has more to do with how a case is judged than proof.
One thing is certain, when it comes to lying about the Health effects Tobacco Products the so-called Health Departments, ACS, ALA, NCI and the rest of the agencies will be Politically correct and funded by the Pharmaceuticals that sell NRT;'S.
See below.
The Scientific Scandal of Antismoking
http://members.iinet.com.au/~ray/TSSOASb.html
"This refusal to consider conflicting evidence is the negation of the scientific method. It has been the hallmark of fifty years of anti smoking propaganda and what with good reason may well be described as one of the greatest scandals in 500 years of modern science."
This one of the best in-depth studies of how studies are done and their conclusions are reached. To say the least, this will open eyes to the truth of Smoking and Second Hand Smoke. It is long but more than worth the time. The conclusions will surprise all who finish it.
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As in all cases against Tobacco, the proof of harm is all circumstantial and no positive proof is ever presented. As in the comment above which mentions SHS as being a health threat in the link provided. Not one person has been proven to have died due to SHS and Smoking is only one of dozens of possible causes. It is impossible for Epidemiology to pinpoint any single cause and that is the specific reason it is used. Studies find the predetermined cause or funding will be withdrawn. Without funding no studies would be done and this is the reason fraud can be found in at least 29% of all studies.
Even the MSA agreement found no positive proof. Tobacco companies settled to stop suits and passed the cost to consumers. Fraud was a definite possibility and is still being investigated. Politically correctness has more to do with how a case is judged than proof.
One thing is certain, when it comes to lying about the Health effects Tobacco Products the so-called Health Departments, ACS, ALA, NCI and the rest of the agencies will be Politically correct and funded by the Pharmaceuticals that sell NRT;'S.
See below.
The Scientific Scandal of Antismoking
http://members.iinet.com.au/~ray/TSSOASb.html
"This refusal to consider conflicting evidence is the negation of the scientific method. It has been the hallmark of fifty years of anti smoking propaganda and what with good reason may well be described as one of the greatest scandals in 500 years of modern science."
This one of the best in-depth studies of how studies are done and their conclusions are reached. To say the least, this will open eyes to the truth of Smoking and Second Hand Smoke. It is long but more than worth the time. The conclusions will surprise all who finish it.
May 27, 2009 - 9:51amThis Comment
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