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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 partly or fully disagree with current Tobacco Control policies, few dare expose their dissent. The following quotes are very revealing of the reasons dissenting scientists do not speak up: |
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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] | ||
: ''- 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. ''[http://cagecanada.homestead.com/InterviewWithPrEven.html Dr. Philippe Even] | : ''- 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. ''[http://cagecanada.homestead.com/InterviewWithPrEven.html Dr. Philippe Even] | ||
− | : ''- 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 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''] |
: ''- 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] | ||
− | : ''- I am now retired, I feel free to say what I think.(...) I no longer have to worry about my reputation. But I would have probably not written this book if I had continued to practice.'' [http://journalmetro.com/actualites/national/20292/un-psychiatre-redore-le-blason-de-la-cigarette-dans-un-livre/ Dr. Jean Jacques Bourque ] | + | : ''- I am now retired, I feel free to say what I think.(...) I no longer have to worry about my reputation. But I would have probably not written this book if I had continued to practice.'' [http://journalmetro.com/actualites/national/20292/un-psychiatre-redore-le-blason-de-la-cigarette-dans-un-livre/ Dr. Jean Jacques Bourque, freely translated from the French original: Un psychiatre redore le blason de la cigarette dans un livre ] |
− | : ''- It would be very inconvenient for the WHO, should it turn out that their warnings about the health risks of secondhand smoke were based on gross exaggerations. And so one may guess the means and resources they use to fight dissident opinion and critical inquiry. I got to know them all: Deception, concealment, falsification, control of the professional media (and thus of professional interactions), as well as intimidation which goes so far that I’ve ceased to wonder why in the professional world hardly anyone dares to object when it comes to the subject of passive smoke. '' [http://cfrankdavis.wordpress.com/2012/04/30/romano-grieshaber-the-unwavering-professor/ | + | : ''- It would be very inconvenient for the WHO, should it turn out that their warnings about the health risks of secondhand smoke were based on gross exaggerations. And so one may guess the means and resources they use to fight dissident opinion and critical inquiry. I got to know them all: Deception, concealment, falsification, control of the professional media (and thus of professional interactions), as well as intimidation which goes so far that I’ve ceased to wonder why in the professional world hardly anyone dares to object when it comes to the subject of passive smoke. '' [http://cfrankdavis.wordpress.com/2012/04/30/romano-grieshaber-the-unwavering-professor/ Pr Romano Grieshaber] |
− | : ''- Anyone who takes the (passive smoking) science seriously and wants to assess its strengths and weaknesses is viewed as a threat to be neutralized. This situation has given rise to extraordinary attacks on the integrity of established scientists whose only documentable fault is to report findings in a peer-reviewed journal.'' [ | + | : ''-- Anyone who takes the (passive smoking) science seriously and wants to assess its strengths and weaknesses is viewed as a threat to be neutralized. This situation has given rise to extraordinary attacks on the integrity of established scientists whose only documentable fault is to report findings in a peer-reviewed journal.'' [http://www.hypinghealthrisks.com/index.html Dr. Geoffrey Kabat] |
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− | The latest documented incident of a doctor being punished for daring to dissent from the groupthink mentality is in July 2012 when [http:// | + | The latest documented incident of a doctor being punished for daring to dissent from the groupthink 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. |
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. | 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. | ||
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: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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<blockquote>Bad science in a good cause is bad science.</blockquote> | <blockquote>Bad science in a good cause is bad science.</blockquote> | ||
− | *Source: Film Exchange on Alcohol & Drugs: [http://www.fead.org.uk/ | + | *Source: Film Exchange on Alcohol & Drugs: [http://www.fead.org.uk/video327/John-Davies:-%27Bad-science-in-a-good-cause-is-just-bad-science%27.html John Davies: Bad science in a good cause is just bad science] |
=== 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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===Fox, R. Michael === | ===Fox, R. Michael === | ||
− | : Nuclear scientist and university chemistry professor, USA (Deceased) | + | : Nuclear scientist and university chemistry professor,USA (Deceased) |
<blockquote> - Of those chemicals present in ETS (Environmental Tobacco Smoke) only a very few can be classified as toxins or carcinogens. Some basic physics, a bit of chemistry and a series of rather simple mathematical calculations reveal that exposure to ETS is hardly a dangerous event. Indeed, the cancer risk of ETS to a non-smoker appears to be roughly equal to the risk of becoming addicted to heroin from eating poppy seed bagels. </blockquote> | <blockquote> - Of those chemicals present in ETS (Environmental Tobacco Smoke) only a very few can be classified as toxins or carcinogens. Some basic physics, a bit of chemistry and a series of rather simple mathematical calculations reveal that exposure to ETS is hardly a dangerous event. Indeed, the cancer risk of ETS to a non-smoker appears to be roughly equal to the risk of becoming addicted to heroin from eating poppy seed bagels. </blockquote> | ||
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*Source: [http://records.co.hawaii.hi.us/Weblink8/0/doc/17329/Page54.aspx Toxic Toxicology - Placing Scientific Credibility At Risk ] | *Source: [http://records.co.hawaii.hi.us/Weblink8/0/doc/17329/Page54.aspx Toxic Toxicology - Placing Scientific Credibility At Risk ] | ||
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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] |
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=== Jenkins, Roger A. === | === Jenkins, Roger A. === | ||
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<blockquote>- Scientists must never tinker with their science just because they don’t like the outcome of their data. Just because you find cigarette smoking annoying doesn’t mean you should cherry-pick your data so that you can prove a health risk.</blockquote> | <blockquote>- Scientists must never tinker with their science just because they don’t like the outcome of their data. Just because you find cigarette smoking annoying doesn’t mean you should cherry-pick your data so that you can prove a health risk.</blockquote> | ||
− | *Source: [ | + | *Source: [http://www.ornl.gov/info/press_releases/get_press_release.cfm?ReleaseNumber=mr20000203-00 Exposures to second-hand smoke lower than believed, ORNL study finds] |
*Source: [http://www.ornl.gov/info/reporter/no11/bad.htm Researcher says antismoking policies, though admirable, shouldn’t be based on hazy science] | *Source: [http://www.ornl.gov/info/reporter/no11/bad.htm Researcher says antismoking policies, though admirable, shouldn’t be based on hazy science] | ||
*Source: [http://lubbockonline.com/stories/020405/med_280798.shtml Researcher questions: how bad is secondhand smoke] | *Source: [http://lubbockonline.com/stories/020405/med_280798.shtml Researcher questions: how bad is secondhand smoke] | ||
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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://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> | ||
− | *Source: [ | + | *Source: [http://www.novo-argumente.com/artikel/95/novo9551.pdf "Passivrauchen" als statistisches Konstrukt] |
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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> | ||
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=== 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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