Comments on: The Myth of Second Hand Smoke http://yourdoctorsorders.com/2009/01/the-myth-of-second-hand-smoke/ A blog by Terry Simpson, MD, FACS Sun, 15 Aug 2010 14:03:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Smoking Bans « Romandari http://yourdoctorsorders.com/2009/01/the-myth-of-second-hand-smoke/comment-page-3/#comment-327 Smoking Bans « Romandari Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:13:09 +0000 http://skepticdoc.com/?p=9#comment-327 [...] http://yourdoctorsorders.com/2009/01/the-myth-of-second-hand-smoke/ [...] [...] http://yourdoctorsorders.com/2009/01/the-myth-of-second-hand-smoke/ [...]

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]]> By: Don http://yourdoctorsorders.com/2009/01/the-myth-of-second-hand-smoke/comment-page-3/#comment-284 Don Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:31:43 +0000 http://skepticdoc.com/?p=9#comment-284 I am not a smoker and in fact I cannot stand it. I am educated in a technical field, BS in Ceramic Engineering, so I understand the Scientific Method, statistics, DOE's, etc.. . I have to say as far as this thread goes Rollo is getting pwned. Harley, Doc and others are making far better and more informed arguments. Rollo, since you keep asking why don't you answer why a non-statistically significant finding does not equal no risk? I am not a smoker and in fact I cannot stand it. I am educated in a technical field, BS in Ceramic Engineering, so I understand the Scientific Method, statistics, DOE’s, etc.. . I have to say as far as this thread goes Rollo is getting pwned. Harley, Doc and others are making far better and more informed arguments.

Rollo, since you keep asking why don’t you answer why a non-statistically significant finding does not equal no risk?

]]> By: Pharaoh http://yourdoctorsorders.com/2009/01/the-myth-of-second-hand-smoke/comment-page-3/#comment-275 Pharaoh Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:51:44 +0000 http://skepticdoc.com/?p=9#comment-275 Rollo Tommasi, If you're afraid of second-hand smoke, you should also avoid cars, restaurants...and don't even think of barbecuing. here are just some of the chemicals present in tobacco smoke and what else contains them: Arsenic, Benzine, Formaldehyde. Arsenic- 8 glasses of water = 200 cigarettes worth of arsenic Benzine- Grilling of one burger = 250 cigarettes Formaldehyde - cooking a vegetarian meal = 100 cigarettes And so on. You can stay at home all day long if you don't want all those "deadly" chemicals around you, but in fact, those alleged 4000 chemicals in cigarettes are present in many foods, paints etc. in much larger quantities. And as they are present in cigarettes in very small doses, they are harmless. Sorry, no matter how much you like the notion of harmful ETS, it's a myth. Rollo Tommasi,

If you’re afraid of second-hand smoke, you should also avoid cars, restaurants…and don’t even think of barbecuing.

here are just some of the chemicals present in tobacco smoke and what else contains them:

Arsenic, Benzine, Formaldehyde.

Arsenic- 8 glasses of water = 200 cigarettes worth of arsenic

Benzine- Grilling of one burger = 250 cigarettes

Formaldehyde – cooking a vegetarian meal = 100 cigarettes

And so on. You can stay at home all day long if you don’t want all those “deadly” chemicals around you, but in fact, those alleged 4000 chemicals in cigarettes are present in many foods, paints etc. in much larger quantities. And as they are present in cigarettes in very small doses, they are harmless. Sorry, no matter how much you like the notion of harmful ETS, it’s a myth.

]]> By: Pharaoh http://yourdoctorsorders.com/2009/01/the-myth-of-second-hand-smoke/comment-page-3/#comment-274 Pharaoh Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:33:54 +0000 http://skepticdoc.com/?p=9#comment-274 Great article. BTW, Somebody mentioned funding by the big Tobacco being the reason why they denounce a certain study. If the anti-smoking movement is obviously funded by big pharma, whose sole purpose is to make the likes of nicorette the only legal way of nicotine application, I don't see why the fuss about the funding by big Tobacco (assuming that any study in fact was funded by them)- but that's only my opinion. The fact remains, Passive smoking is a scam. yes, It will eventually end just like the alcohol prohibition. Great article. BTW, Somebody mentioned funding by the big Tobacco being the reason why they denounce a certain study. If the anti-smoking movement is obviously funded by big pharma, whose sole purpose is to make the likes of nicorette the only legal way of nicotine application, I don’t see why the fuss about the funding by big Tobacco (assuming that any study in fact was funded by them)- but that’s only my opinion.

The fact remains, Passive smoking is a scam. yes, It will eventually end just like the alcohol prohibition.

]]> By: Rollo Tommasi http://yourdoctorsorders.com/2009/01/the-myth-of-second-hand-smoke/comment-page-3/#comment-255 Rollo Tommasi Fri, 08 Jan 2010 01:33:24 +0000 http://skepticdoc.com/?p=9#comment-255 ....self explanatory....and none involve twisting science. ….self explanatory….and none involve twisting science.

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