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Scientists sceptical of Tobacco Control methods and practice

Although there are many more scientists, beyond those listed here, who disagree with current Tobacco Control policies, few dare expose their dissent.

Below is a list of those 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.

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.

Bourque, Jean-Jacques

Retired psychiatrist, Montreal, Canada

Chaouachi, Kamal

Tobacco researcher specializing in medical anthropology. Holder of a post-graduate diploma in Tobacco Science from the University of Paris (1998). Taught hookah science to French doctors (University of Paris XI-XII, 2006-2010). Scientific collaborator of various research centres in Asia, Africa and Europe. Paris, France

Denson, Late Ken

Medical researcher Thame Thrombosis and Haemostasis Research Foundation, UK

Even, Philippe

Pulmonologist, president of the Necker Research Institute, now retired, Paris France
"They have created a fear based on nothing"
Le Parisien (Translated in English, Dutch)

Frenk, Hanan

Tel Aviv University, Israel Psychologist

Gori, Gio Batta

Epidemiologist and toxicologist, fellow of the Health Policy Center in Bethesda, Md. He is a former deputy director of the National Cancer Institute's Division of Cancer Cause and Prevention.

Grieshaber, Romano

From the year 2000 until retirement in March 2011, Prof. Dr. med. Romano Grieshaber was executive director of prevention and research of the association for food and restaurants (BGN) and is an Honorary Professor of Applied Prevention and Health Promotion at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena. He was a board member of the Research Society for Applied System Safety and Health (FSA), a member of the International Social Security Association (ISSA) and CEO of the Center for Interdisciplinary Prevention (KIP) of the University of Jena.
Prof. Dr. med. Romano Grieshaber is non-smoker and the Author of the book "Passivrauchen: Götterdämmerung der Wissenschaft" (published by PubliKom Z.) in which he openly objects the sacrosanct dogmas of the WHO and debunks Tobacco Control Science.

Molimard, Robert

Professor emeritus of physiology and coordinator of the DIU of Tabacologie to the Faculty of Medicine Paris-South.
Founder of the first French learned society on tobacco and nicotine dependence, inventor of the word tabacology.
Author of “La Fume” and the “Small handbook of Défume”, Paris, France
BELIEFS, MANIPULATION AND LIES IN THE TOBACCO ISSUE by Robert Molimard http://cagecanada.blogspot.ca/2010/12/beliefs-manipulation-and-lies-in.html

Phillips, Carl V.

Researcher and consultant in areas related to economics, epidemiology, scientific epistemology, and social research. Spent most of his career as a professor of public health and now has an independent academic-style research lab, Populi Health Institute. U.S.A.

Ropohl, Günter

Prof.Günter Ropohl studied both, mechanical engineering as well as philosophy at Stuttgart Universität, obtaining his PhD (Dr - Ing) in 1970. In 1978 Prof. Ropohl wrote his Habilitation thesis in philosophy and sociology at Karlsruhe Universität where in 1979 he became Professor. In 1981 Prof. Ropohl became Professor for general technology and philosophy of technology at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, where he lectured until 2004.
Prof. Ropohl is is an honorary member of the German Engineering Association (VDI) and published more than 210 articles and 30 books. (10 as author and 20 as editor or co-editor). Prof. Ropohl also wrote a number of critical articles in NovoArgumente about passive smoking, smoking bans and the WHO. Underneath each article there is this statement: :
"Prof. em. Günter Ropohl hat bis 2004 Wissenschafts- und Technikphilosophie an der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität in Frankfurt am Main gelehrt. Seine Verbindung zur Tabakindustrie beschränkt sich darauf, dass er ihre Produkte genussvoll konsumiert. Bezahlte Aufträge aus dieser Branche hat er nie erhalten. Dies sei erwähnt, um den unsachlichen Verdächtigungen zuvorzukommen, mit denen Tabakgegner wissenschaftliche Argumente zu ersetzen versuchen."

Shaw, Michael D.

Environmental scientist, California

Simpson, Terry

Scientist, Author,Surgeon, Phoenix, Az

Snel, Jan

Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, NL Psycho-physiologist