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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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<blockquote>- Researchers still do not know precisely how, or indeed whether, smoking causes cancer or any of the other diseases attributed to it; they have struggled with weird and wonderful experiments to try and produce tumours in laboratory animals and failed dismally. The chemicals in tobacco smoke are similar to those in traffic fumes, except that in traffic fumes the concentration is much higher; cigarette smoke is therefore less toxic than the air we ordinarily breathe. </blockquote> | <blockquote>- Researchers still do not know precisely how, or indeed whether, smoking causes cancer or any of the other diseases attributed to it; they have struggled with weird and wonderful experiments to try and produce tumours in laboratory animals and failed dismally. The chemicals in tobacco smoke are similar to those in traffic fumes, except that in traffic fumes the concentration is much higher; cigarette smoke is therefore less toxic than the air we ordinarily breathe. </blockquote> | ||
− | *Source: [ | + | *Source: [http://freedom-2-choose.blogspot.ca/2009/11/smoke-screens-truth-about-tobacco.html Smoke Screens: The Truth About Tobacco ] |
*Video: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7R8rQQXxCk ] Tobacco - Some Facts ] | *Video: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7R8rQQXxCk ] Tobacco - Some Facts ] | ||
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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] |
*Source: [http://www.grieshabers-passivrauchen.de/ Passivrauchen: Götterdämmerung der Wissenschaft] | *Source: [http://www.grieshabers-passivrauchen.de/ Passivrauchen: Götterdämmerung der Wissenschaft] | ||
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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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<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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</blockquote> | </blockquote> | ||
− | *Source: [http://www. | + | *Source: [http://www.data-yard.net/science/articles/lies.pdf Lies, Damned Lies and 400,000 Smoking-Related Deaths] |
=== Little, Kitty === | === Little, Kitty === | ||
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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] |
=== Schrauzer, N. Gerhard === | === Schrauzer, N. Gerhard === | ||
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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 === |