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To: Lady Lurksalot who wrote (34059)	5/6/2005 12:31:57 PM
From: sandintoes	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

Laz quit? When? I bet he's really obnoxious.

To: Lady Lurksalot who wrote (34059)	5/6/2005 4:08:44 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Respond to of 90947

cis.nci.nih.gov # Formaldehyde has been classified as a human carcinogen (cancer-causing substance) by the International Agency for Research on Cancer and as a probable human carcinogen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (see Question 4). # Research studies of workers exposed to formaldehyde have suggested an association between formaldehyde exposure and cancers of the nasal sinuses, nasopharynx, and brain, and possibly leukemia (see Question 5). quitsmoking.about.com According to an article in the American Journal of Public Health from November of 1982, formaldehyde in sidestream cigarette smoke is evident in concentrations of up to three orders of magnitude above occupational limits, which readily accounts for eye and nasal irritation. "Low-tar" cigarettes appear at least as irritating as other cigarettes. More than half the irritant is associated with the particulate phase of the smoke, permitting deposition throughout the entire respiratory tract and raising the issue of whether formaldehyde in smoke is associated with bronchial cancer(1). That's ONE of HUNDREDS of carcinogens found in cigarette smoke. quit-smoking-stop.com gmu.edu You have direct evidence of physical causation. And you have statistical studies backing that. And Colby is WRONG when he states no statisticians have examined the data backing the statistical links. And lung cancer is not the greatest risk from smoking. Heart disease is. Heart Disease Leading Cause of Death in Smokers Your Guide, Richard N. Fogoros, M.D. From Richard N. Fogoros, M.D., Your Guide to Heart Disease / Cardiology. FREE Newsletter. Sign Up Now! The good news: smokers are not destined to die of cancer heartdisease.about.com Believe or not. The cigarette doesn't care. It will kill you anyway.

To: Lady Lurksalot who wrote (34059)	5/6/2005 4:34:13 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Respond to of 90947

Fortunately for me as a teaching assistant, the third table compared smokers and non-smokers on emphysema. When the students did their calculations correctly they found a strikingly high, statistically significant rate of emphysema among smokers. The class discussed the findings and concluded that for the past 300 years the pleasures of tobacco were disdained by Puritans and that puritanism had finally enlisted science and medicine to prove its moral point. Call the Press I phoned the local newspaper science writer and sent him our findings. He wrote a banal article pointing out that the blue-ribbon commission didn't have a statistician on it. The next Surgeon General's report had a statistician on the panel and the two tables we had tested and found wanting were dropped. well.com The other two members were a PhD chemist and a statistician. 64.233.179.104