Re: Why Do Researchers Tell Lies About Smoking and Health?

On Sun, 27 May 2007 13:34:26 +0800, Ray Johnstone <ray@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Correction, my mistake:
Nah, that can't be the whole story. Too many scientists are
happy to admit odd findings if they promise new research
opportunities. And everyone is looking for miracle cures.
But in this case, Where is the viable research?
I think it would come from a more rational approach to the question of
smoking and health. In Australia the age-adjusted death rate
for cancer
has not
improved for 80 years. (I would expect a similar result for the US but
I don't recall ever seeing the numbers.)
Two thirds of the reports from the Surgeon General are about smoking
and health. I think there has been a lot of misguided and misdirected
effort.


Boffetta et al (1998): http://members.iinet.net.au/~ray/WHO1.mht
Brownson et al (1992): http://members.iinet.net.au/~ray/b.html
Van Duijn and Hofman (1991): BMJ, 302, 1491-1494

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