As some of you are aware I was reciently diagnosed with cataracts. While some studies will suggest that it was due to my occupation as a broadcast engineer, the anti’s will claim that it was smoking that caused it. After all they have studies that clearly show that smoking causes everything from V.D. to drive by shootings. Think I am wrong? Look at their recent blog entries. They make claims that smoking bans reduce heart attacks by 1/3. These studies have been debunked a thousand times over. As a matter of fact the biggest study done by RAND Corporation, Congressional Budget Office, University of Wisconsin, and Stanford University shows this to be totally false. Do they mention the biggest study ever done on the subject that included our own University? They praise outdoor smoking bans even though they know damn well that cigarette smoke outdoors is insignificant. They bash the e-cigarette even though they don’t have a shred of evidence to back up their claim. Yet in these times of economic hardship they keep pushing for government funding even though they do not have a shred of integrity. They make claims that smoke free laws save health care costs even though it has been proven false in study after study. In the same blog entry they claim higher absenteeism even though the only studies making that claim are from anti-smoking groups or are funded by anti-smoking groups, who are you going to believe, anti-smoking groups or those in industry? They must have given ACORN lessons in dishonest practices. It is high time to cut all public funding to all lobby groups. They have shown again that they have no integrity whatsoever.
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