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== Highlights == | == Highlights == | ||
| − | *[[Science|Policy based on epidemiology is not based on scientific evidence but on statistical manipulations open to interpretation according to the agenda | + | *[[Science|Policy based on epidemiology is not based on scientific evidence but on statistical manipulations open to interpretation according to the agenda du jour.]] |
*[[Science|Much of the tobacco "science" has been manufactured to suit the tobacco control agenda]]. | *[[Science|Much of the tobacco "science" has been manufactured to suit the tobacco control agenda]]. | ||
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*[[Sound Bites|While underground mines, indoor parking garages and highly contaminated hospital rooms can be made safe through state of the art ventilation, the Tobacco Control industry spreads the notion that no ventilation system can effectively dissipate environmental tobacco smoke.]] | *[[Sound Bites|While underground mines, indoor parking garages and highly contaminated hospital rooms can be made safe through state of the art ventilation, the Tobacco Control industry spreads the notion that no ventilation system can effectively dissipate environmental tobacco smoke.]] | ||
| − | *[[Reduced Risk|The | + | *[[Reduced Risk|The anti-tobacco industry consistently opposes any risk-reduced product unless it is marketed by Big Pharma.]] |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Scientists|The Tobacco Control industry perpetuates the belief that nicotine alone is what smokers want. This hinders any serious research for many other possibilities on what makes people enjoy tobacco.]] |
*[[Scientific Claims|After a steady significant decrease from the 1960s, smoking prevalence has stagnated, or even increased in some places, since inane tobacco control campaigns and smoking bans replaced honest and respectful education.]] | *[[Scientific Claims|After a steady significant decrease from the 1960s, smoking prevalence has stagnated, or even increased in some places, since inane tobacco control campaigns and smoking bans replaced honest and respectful education.]] | ||
| − | * | + | *Tobacco Control advocates have no problem throwing old, sick and frail people out into the elements whenever they want a smoke ... "for their own good". |
| − | * | + | *Tobacco Control advocates support discrimination in employment for smokers even if they only smoke on their own time. |
| − | * | + | *The Tobacco Control industry lobbies property owners and condominium boards to forbid smoking in one's own home. |
| − | *[[Sound Bites|Many Tobacco Control advocates believe that smokers are not worthy of state funded | + | *[[Sound Bites|Many Tobacco Control advocates believe that smokers are not worthy of state funded healthcare.]] (See "Random Quotes") |
*[[Money|Tobacco Control advocates push for ever-increasing taxes that serve in part to sustain their own careers.]] | *[[Money|Tobacco Control advocates push for ever-increasing taxes that serve in part to sustain their own careers.]] | ||
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*[[Bright Side|There are benefits to smoking.]] | *[[Bright Side|There are benefits to smoking.]] | ||
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Critical Scientists|Tobacco Control advocates who don't agree with any or all of these tactics, become accomplices through their silence, rather than risk ruin of their careers. Some have said that they dared voice opposition only following retirement.]] |
*[[Smoking Bans|What’s needed is a return to healthy skepticism, honest science, fairness, and common sense.]] | *[[Smoking Bans|What’s needed is a return to healthy skepticism, honest science, fairness, and common sense.]] | ||
