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==Scientists sceptical of Tobacco Control methods and practice== | ==Scientists sceptical of Tobacco Control methods and practice== | ||
− | Although there are many more scientists beyond those listed here who disagree with current Tobacco Control | + | Although there are many more scientists, beyond those listed here, who disagree with current Tobacco Control policies, few dare expose their dissent. Some typical complaints here: |
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: ''- There are no body bags filled with those who have developed tumors or heart disease as a result of second-hand smoke. The body bags are filled, however, with scientists and physicians who dare go against the anti-smoking lobby and state the obvious – the science isn’t there.'' [http://yourdoctorsorders.com/2009/01/the-myth-of-second-hand-smoke Dr. Terry Simpson] | : ''- There are no body bags filled with those who have developed tumors or heart disease as a result of second-hand smoke. The body bags are filled, however, with scientists and physicians who dare go against the anti-smoking lobby and state the obvious – the science isn’t there.'' [http://yourdoctorsorders.com/2009/01/the-myth-of-second-hand-smoke Dr. Terry Simpson] | ||
− | + | : ''- I compare many aspects of ETS epidemiology in the U.S. with pseudoscience in the Soviet Union during the period of Trofim Denisovich Lysenko. Overall, this paper is intended to defend legitimate research against illegitimate criticism by those who have attempted to suppress and discredit it because it does not support their ideological and political agendas. Hopefully, this defense will help other scientists defend their legitimate research and combat "Lysenko pseudoscience." [http://www.epi-perspectives.com/content/4/1/11 ''Dr. James Enstrom''] | |
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− | : ''- I compare many aspects of ETS epidemiology in the U.S. with pseudoscience in the Soviet Union during the period of Trofim Denisovich Lysenko. Overall, this paper is intended to defend legitimate research against illegitimate criticism by those who have attempted to suppress and discredit it because it does not support their ideological and political agendas. Hopefully, this defense will help other scientists defend their legitimate research and combat "Lysenko pseudoscience." [ | ||
: ''- I was driven from my last academic position by a calculated concerted campaign of efforts to censor my THR research and make my life unpleasant – and that of my students (yes, they attacked my students) and supporters.'' [http://ep-ology.blogspot.ca/2012/06/enstrom-sues-ucla-school-of-public.html Prof. Carl V. Phillips] | : ''- I was driven from my last academic position by a calculated concerted campaign of efforts to censor my THR research and make my life unpleasant – and that of my students (yes, they attacked my students) and supporters.'' [http://ep-ology.blogspot.ca/2012/06/enstrom-sues-ucla-school-of-public.html Prof. Carl V. Phillips] | ||
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: ''- This is McCarthyism in action. Quelling debate. Stifling opposition. Expelling and blacklisting anyone who dares express dissent. No wonder the tobacco control movement has gone off the deep end in its fanaticism. Anyone who tries to stop it knows that they will be censored or expelled. You have no choice but to go along with the groupthink.'' [http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2007/10/tobacco-control-list-serve-admits-that.html Dr. Michael Siegel] | : ''- This is McCarthyism in action. Quelling debate. Stifling opposition. Expelling and blacklisting anyone who dares express dissent. No wonder the tobacco control movement has gone off the deep end in its fanaticism. Anyone who tries to stop it knows that they will be censored or expelled. You have no choice but to go along with the groupthink.'' [http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2007/10/tobacco-control-list-serve-admits-that.html Dr. Michael Siegel] | ||
− | : ''- | + | :''- Bad science in a good cause is just bad science'' [http://www.fead.org.uk/video327/John-Davies:-%27Bad-science-in-a-good-cause-is-just-bad-science%27.html Pr. John Davies] |
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− | The latest documented incident of a doctor being punished for daring to dissent from the | + | Below is a list of some scientists who dared make their disagreements public. Often these scientists are retired and dare to speak out only because they are no longer vulnerable to any consequences imposed by the dictatorial Tobacco Control community. The latest documented incident of a doctor being punished for daring to dissent from the group-think mentality is in July 2012 when [http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/main-content/-/article_display_list/14261198/retired-gp-suspended-after-questioning-bma-stance-on-smoking Dr. Brendan O'Reilly] , a retired GP, was suspended from the BMA (British Medical Association) Welsh Council until 2014 because he publicly questioned the evidence behind the BMA's campaign to ban smoking in vehicles. |
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=== Arnett Jr., Jerome C. === | === Arnett Jr., Jerome C. === | ||
:Pulmonologist, Elkins, West Virginia. Policy advisor for The Heartland Institute, adjunct scholar at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, and scientific advisor to the American Council on Science and Health. | :Pulmonologist, Elkins, West Virginia. Policy advisor for The Heartland Institute, adjunct scholar at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, and scientific advisor to the American Council on Science and Health. | ||
<blockquote>- The abuse of scientific integrity and the generation of faulty "scientific" outcomes (through the use of pseudoscience) have led to the deception of the American public on a grand scale and to draconian government overregulation and the squandering of public money.</blockquote> | <blockquote>- The abuse of scientific integrity and the generation of faulty "scientific" outcomes (through the use of pseudoscience) have led to the deception of the American public on a grand scale and to draconian government overregulation and the squandering of public money.</blockquote> | ||
− | *Source: [http:// | + | *Source: [http://news.heartland.org/newspaper-article/2008/07/01/scientific-evidence-shows-secondhand-smoke-no-danger Scientific Evidence Shows Secondhand Smoke Is No Danger] |
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=== Bourque, Jean-Jacques === | === Bourque, Jean-Jacques === | ||
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===Crichton, Michael === | ===Crichton, Michael === | ||
− | : Although he obtained an M.D. from Harvard, he never practiced medicine because he was disenchanted by the culture he witnessed during his clinical rotation which appeared to emphasize the interests and reputations of doctors over the interests of patients. He reoriented his career as an author, producer, director, and screenwriter. ( | + | : Although he obtained an M.D. from Harvard, he never practiced medicine because he was disenchanted by the culture he witnessed during his clinical rotation which appeared to emphasize the interests and reputations of doctors over the interests of patients. He reoriented his career as an author, producer, director, and screenwriter. (deceased). |
<blockquote>- I am opposed on passing laws based on phony science. I think it sets a bad precedent. </blockquote> | <blockquote>- I am opposed on passing laws based on phony science. I think it sets a bad precedent. </blockquote> | ||
− | *Source: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGoZ-b1OaW4 Michael Crichton on the Unproven Dangers of Secondhand Smoke | + | *Source: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGoZ-b1OaW4 Michael Crichton on the Unproven Dangers of Secondhand Smoke] |
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=== Denson, Ken === | === Denson, Ken === | ||
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=== Di Pierri, Vincent Riccardo === | === Di Pierri, Vincent Riccardo === | ||
− | :Philosopher and PhD psychologist, author of | + | :Philosopher and PhD psychologist, author of ''Rampant Anti-smoking Signifies Grave Danger: Materialism Out of Control''. |
<blockquote>- In the hands of epidemiology, the term "cause," which is the strongest in scientific parlance, has been reduced to the fostering of superstitious belief (mental dysfunction) and is flung about the medical literature and the media with reckless abandon. The medico-materialist bias and the misguided attempt to coerce societal change on the basis of what is a “statistics madness” can well be characterized as a contemporary form of witchdoctoring. One needs to be reminded regularly that this conduct is being produced by a supposed scientific discipline and, even more absurdly, a supposed health authority. ...<br><br> | <blockquote>- In the hands of epidemiology, the term "cause," which is the strongest in scientific parlance, has been reduced to the fostering of superstitious belief (mental dysfunction) and is flung about the medical literature and the media with reckless abandon. The medico-materialist bias and the misguided attempt to coerce societal change on the basis of what is a “statistics madness” can well be characterized as a contemporary form of witchdoctoring. One needs to be reminded regularly that this conduct is being produced by a supposed scientific discipline and, even more absurdly, a supposed health authority. ...<br><br> | ||
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*Source: [http://www.rampant-antismoking.com/ Rampant Anti-smoking Signifies Grave Danger: Materialism Out of Control] | *Source: [http://www.rampant-antismoking.com/ Rampant Anti-smoking Signifies Grave Danger: Materialism Out of Control] | ||
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=== Dunn, John Dale === | === Dunn, John Dale === | ||
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::- Why did you not speak up earlier? | ::- Why did you not speak up earlier? | ||
− | <blockquote>- As a civil servant and dean of the largest medical faculty in France, I was held by my duty to confidentiality. If I had deviated from official positions, I would have had to pay the consequences. Today, I am a free man. </blockquote> | + | <blockquote>- As a civil servant and dean of the largest medical faculty in France, I was held by my duty to confidentiality. If I had deviated from official positions, I would have had to pay the consequences. Today, I am a free man.</blockquote> |
*Source: [http://www.leparisien.fr/abo-faitdujour/on-a-cree-une-peur-qui-ne-repose-sur-rien-31-05-2010-943934.php Le Parisien, May 31. 2010]. (Translated into [http://cagecanada.homestead.com/InterviewWithPrEven.html English], [http://www.forces-nl.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1671 Dutch]) | *Source: [http://www.leparisien.fr/abo-faitdujour/on-a-cree-une-peur-qui-ne-repose-sur-rien-31-05-2010-943934.php Le Parisien, May 31. 2010]. (Translated into [http://cagecanada.homestead.com/InterviewWithPrEven.html English], [http://www.forces-nl.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1671 Dutch]) | ||
* YouTube: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBdEkaf4xho Le tabagisme passif, une escroquerie absolue] (Passive smoking: A complete fraud) | * YouTube: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBdEkaf4xho Le tabagisme passif, une escroquerie absolue] (Passive smoking: A complete fraud) | ||
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*Source: [http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/lsv20a00/pdf A Critique: Justice, Science, and the "Bad Guys"] | *Source: [http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/lsv20a00/pdf A Critique: Justice, Science, and the "Bad Guys"] | ||
*Source: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvan_Feinstein Alvin R. Feinstein, wikipedia] | *Source: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvan_Feinstein Alvin R. Feinstein, wikipedia] | ||
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=== Frenk, Hanan === | === Frenk, Hanan === | ||
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odious and socially unfair prohibitions. </blockquote> | odious and socially unfair prohibitions. </blockquote> | ||
− | *Source [ | + | *Source: [http://www.data-yard.net/brussels_speeches/gori.pdf The Fraud of Environmental Tobacco Smoke Risks ] |
=== Grieshaber, Romano === | === Grieshaber, Romano === | ||
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(- The scientific debate about secondhand smoke has wrongly been declared concluded. I call on the experts, but also the interested public, to revisit the question on the basis of facts. I hope my book will stimulate debate.)</blockquote> | (- The scientific debate about secondhand smoke has wrongly been declared concluded. I call on the experts, but also the interested public, to revisit the question on the basis of facts. I hope my book will stimulate debate.)</blockquote> | ||
− | *Source: [http://www. | + | *Source: [http://www.freiheit-toleranz.de/page.php?id=87 Das Interview – Passivrauchen-Götterdämmerung der Wissenschaft] |
− | + | === Jenkins, Roger === | |
− | + | :Scientist working with Oak Ridge National Laboratories, specializing in air quality measurement and analysis. Author of the "Black Dog" study, the "16 Cities" study, and a study on "Restaurant and Tavern Workers" among others, Jenkins has been criticized by the Tobacco Control Industry for serving as an expert witness against them in legal hearings and for having accepted Tobacco Industry funding (through the Center for Indoor Air Research) for some of his research. His research however has never been successfully criticized for its content. When the actual findings of his research are contrasted with those of similar research carried out under Tobacco Control funding, one finds that the technical readings are not all that dissimilar: rather, it is the fact that Jenkins puts those findings into proper perspective, and offers more properly scientific interpretations of them, that riles Tobacco Control. | |
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<blockquote>- A well-known toxicological principle is that the poison is in the dose. It's pretty clear that the environmental tobacco smoke dose is pretty low for most people.</blockquote> | <blockquote>- A well-known toxicological principle is that the poison is in the dose. It's pretty clear that the environmental tobacco smoke dose is pretty low for most people.</blockquote> | ||
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=== Kabat, Geoffrey C. === | === Kabat, Geoffrey C. === | ||
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<blockquote>- A doctrine is built up that is antithethical to the openness that is a precondition for scientific discourse. What is objectionable is that voluminous and authoritative-appearing reports convey the message that passive smoking is a major cause of fatal disease, which few scientists believe to be the case.</blockquote> | <blockquote>- A doctrine is built up that is antithethical to the openness that is a precondition for scientific discourse. What is objectionable is that voluminous and authoritative-appearing reports convey the message that passive smoking is a major cause of fatal disease, which few scientists believe to be the case.</blockquote> | ||
− | *Source: [ | + | *Source: [http://www.hypinghealthrisks.com/index.html Hyping Health Risks: The Controversy Over Passive Smoking, page 175] |
*Source: [http://www.bmj.com/content/326/7398/1057 Environmental tobacco smoke and tobacco related mortality in a prospective study of Californians, 1960-98] | *Source: [http://www.bmj.com/content/326/7398/1057 Environmental tobacco smoke and tobacco related mortality in a prospective study of Californians, 1960-98] | ||
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:Geoffrey Kabat is also featured on the [[Advocates|anti-tobacco Advocates page]]. | :Geoffrey Kabat is also featured on the [[Advocates|anti-tobacco Advocates page]]. | ||
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=== Levy, Robert A === | === Levy, Robert A === | ||
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</blockquote> | </blockquote> | ||
− | *Source: [http://www. | + | *Source: [http://www.scribd.com/doc/50184147/Truth-Cigarettes Lies, Damned Lies and 40,000 Smoking-Related Deaths] |
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=== Molimard, Robert === | === Molimard, Robert === | ||
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*Source: [http://cagecanada.blogspot.ca/2010/12/beliefs-manipulation-and-lies-in.html Beliefs, Manipulation and Lies in the Tobacco Issue] | *Source: [http://cagecanada.blogspot.ca/2010/12/beliefs-manipulation-and-lies-in.html Beliefs, Manipulation and Lies in the Tobacco Issue] | ||
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:The following explanation from Professor Molimard (translated freely from its original French version) describes how the modern day Tobacco Control movement is actually hurting smokers: | :The following explanation from Professor Molimard (translated freely from its original French version) describes how the modern day Tobacco Control movement is actually hurting smokers: | ||
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*Source: [http://www.unairneuf.org/2010/02/interview-molimard-2.html Interview du Professeur Molimard (2ème partie)] | *Source: [http://www.unairneuf.org/2010/02/interview-molimard-2.html Interview du Professeur Molimard (2ème partie)] | ||
* Note: English translation of his published analysis as he refers to it in the above quote can be read at [http://cagecanada.homestead.com/AnalyseCritiqueMolimard.html The European Report ‘‘Lifting the SmokeScreen’’ Epidemiological study or manipulation?] | * Note: English translation of his published analysis as he refers to it in the above quote can be read at [http://cagecanada.homestead.com/AnalyseCritiqueMolimard.html The European Report ‘‘Lifting the SmokeScreen’’ Epidemiological study or manipulation?] | ||
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=== Nilsson, Robert === | === Nilsson, Robert === | ||
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<blockquote>- The one-sided preoccupation with ETS as a causative factor of lung cancer in nonsmokers may seriously hinder the elucidation of the multifactorial etiology of these tumors.</blockquote> | <blockquote>- The one-sided preoccupation with ETS as a causative factor of lung cancer in nonsmokers may seriously hinder the elucidation of the multifactorial etiology of these tumors.</blockquote> | ||
− | :In the book [http://www.amazon.com/What-Risk-Roger-Bate/dp/0750642289 | + | :In the book [http://www.amazon.com/What-Risk-Roger-Bate/dp/0750642289 What Risk?] Professor Nilsson puts childrens risk of passive smoking in this perspective: |
<blockquote>- Looked at another way, a child’s intake of benzo[a]pyrene during 10 hours from ETS is estimated to be about 250 times less than the amount ingested from eating one grilled sausage.</blockquote> | <blockquote>- Looked at another way, a child’s intake of benzo[a]pyrene during 10 hours from ETS is estimated to be about 250 times less than the amount ingested from eating one grilled sausage.</blockquote> | ||
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* Source: [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11726024 Environmental tobacco smoke revisited: the reliability of the data used for risk assessment] | * Source: [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11726024 Environmental tobacco smoke revisited: the reliability of the data used for risk assessment] | ||
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=== Phillips, Carl V. === | === Phillips, Carl V. === | ||
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<blockquote>- If research on smoking cessation was a science, rather than being a marketing and political activity, the overwhelming evidence that NRT [Nicotine Replacement Therapy] does not work would have led to the rejection of a hypothesis.</blockquote> | <blockquote>- If research on smoking cessation was a science, rather than being a marketing and political activity, the overwhelming evidence that NRT [Nicotine Replacement Therapy] does not work would have led to the rejection of a hypothesis.</blockquote> | ||
− | * Source: [http://ep-ology.blogspot. | + | * Source: [http://ep-ology.blogspot.com/ Unhealthful News 213 - More on "addiction", and understanding why NRT does not work] |
===Ropohl, Günter === | ===Ropohl, Günter === | ||
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<blockquote>- Angestachelt von pseudowissenschaftlichen Vorurteilen. (Motivated by pseudo-scientific prejudices.)</blockquote> | <blockquote>- Angestachelt von pseudowissenschaftlichen Vorurteilen. (Motivated by pseudo-scientific prejudices.)</blockquote> | ||
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=== Shaw, Michael D. === | === Shaw, Michael D. === | ||
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<blockquote>- Science, at its best, should never have an agenda, and should aid the quest for truth. In the days before big media and big research grants, bizarre claims could be subjected to the harsh light of objective science. Nowadays, though, it is sometimes the alleged "science" that promotes the bizarre claims.</blockquote> | <blockquote>- Science, at its best, should never have an agenda, and should aid the quest for truth. In the days before big media and big research grants, bizarre claims could be subjected to the harsh light of objective science. Nowadays, though, it is sometimes the alleged "science" that promotes the bizarre claims.</blockquote> | ||
− | *Source: [http:// | + | *Source: [http://es.dentalplans.com/dentalhealtharticles/494/second-hand-smoke-what-does-science-tell-us.html Second Hand Smoke: What Does Science Tell Us?] |
=== Siegel, Michael === | === Siegel, Michael === | ||
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:In light of his continued support of indoor workplace smoking bans, regardless of effective ventilation techniques and the voluntary exposure of workers, Siegel is also referenced on our [[Advocates|anti-tobacco Advocates page]]. | :In light of his continued support of indoor workplace smoking bans, regardless of effective ventilation techniques and the voluntary exposure of workers, Siegel is also referenced on our [[Advocates|anti-tobacco Advocates page]]. | ||
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=== Simpson, Terry === | === Simpson, Terry === | ||
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* To deprive people from pleasure, and by that harm their mental health, is morally reprehensible.</blockquote> | * To deprive people from pleasure, and by that harm their mental health, is morally reprehensible.</blockquote> | ||
− | *Source: [ | + | *Source: [http://www.data-yard.net/brussels_speeches/snel.pdf Smoking bans and mental health] |
=== Stadler, Beda === | === Stadler, Beda === | ||
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*Source: [http://www.sackstark.info/?p=5471 Beda Stadler: Passivrauchen war nie tödlich] | *Source: [http://www.sackstark.info/?p=5471 Beda Stadler: Passivrauchen war nie tödlich] | ||
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