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Monthly Archives: April 2011
A critical review of the evidence on passive smoking
What I hope to do over the coming weeks is publish as much information on passive smoking that I have in my archives. Firstly what I want to consider is how much does a non smoker inhale from a smoker. … Continue reading
Is smoking a disease or a habit?
On the 7th April 2011 I was invited to speak at the British Medical Journal’s debate on whether smoking is a disease (addiction) or a habit. Sponsored by Pfizer the other speakers were Chritianne Vink a Biological Psychologist who supported … Continue reading
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The November 1994 Congressional Health Sub-Committee report into SHS/ETS.
One fact that has recently come to my attention is the November 1994 Congressional Health Sub-Committee report into SHS/ETS. It was headed up by Henry Waxman an anti smoker and its conclusions were: “The statistical evidence does not appear to … Continue reading
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The penultimate paper on passive smoking and lung cancer
May 24th 2006 saw the publication of “Risk Factors for Lung Cancer in Iowa Women: Implications for Prevention” by Dr. John Neuberger covering a large range possible causes. What did it say on passive smoking? “A significant inverse association was … Continue reading
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Professor Carl V Phillips and honest science
I urge you to read this paper from Professor Carl Phillips who is the former Professor of Public Health at University of Alberta. Here he explores how dissenting scientists who dispute the anti tobacco movements assertions are marginalised and criticised … Continue reading
A comprehensive list of passive smoking and lung cancer studies
Peter Lee is an Oxford educated statistician who has consulted to pharmaceutical and tobacco companies. Here is a list of 80 studies into passive smoking and lung cancer. He concludes: “The overall evidence shows no statistically significant increased risk of … Continue reading
An early Spanish trip
In Spain they have discovered cave paintings where it appears that mushrooms if ingested that induce hallucinations have been depicted from 6,000 years ago. In another 6,000 years perhaps archaeologists will discover a packet of fags and a pint of … Continue reading
The last epidemiological study on passive smoking what are the conclusions?
This chronologically is the last study done in October 2010 by Brenner et al into passive smoking and lung cancer what were the numbers? RR then ORs. ETS Exposure At home Adult and/or Child 1.1 0.6-1.9 Childhood 1.0 0.6-1.8 Adulthood … Continue reading
Fascinating paper on lung cancer
Hat tip Michelle Gervais. Fascinating article on lung cancer. As previously documented the role of the G to T Transversion in inducing lung cancer in smokers, while in non smokers it is normally a mutation of the epidermal growth factor … Continue reading
British Pub closures 1980-2010
For those statisticians amongst us here are pub closures from 1980 to 2010 supplied by the British Beer and Pub Association. There seems to be a sudden increase in closures from 2007-2010. https://spreadsheets1.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?hl=en&key=tqzVGoN1smPiztMp-mp0ckg&hl=en
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