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Everyone knows smoking causes cancer and that the tobacco industry lied about it for decades. When it finally got caught and was held accountable, some of the people and organizations the industry funded to protect its profits from regulations turned...
by ClimateDenierRoundup
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on Fri May 05, 2023 at 06:20 AM PDT
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It used to be that the easy way to demonstrate someone was evil or bad in movies or TV shows was to give them a German accent. Then they smoked. Now they are Republicans, as demonstrated by the first episode of Guillermo del Toro’s series Cabinet of...
by snow1985man
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on Mon Nov 07, 2022 at 08:05 PM PST
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A physician long active in the New York Metropolitan Area has written a candid and remarkably honest book titled 50 Years A Doctor, The Journey of Sickness and Health, Four Plagues and the Pandemic. Ronald Halweil, M.D., has practiced in New York City...
by KarlHGrossman
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on Thu Sep 08, 2022 at 09:06 AM PDT
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There is an interesting and very readable article in The Atlantic this week by Benjamin Mazar titled “COVID Won’t End Up Like the Flu. It Will Be Like Smoking. Hundreds of thousands of deaths, from either tobacco or the pandemic, could be prevented...
by EastBroadStream
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on Sat Feb 19, 2022 at 08:42 AM PST
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I used to smoke. I smoked for 25 years or so…. a pack or day. Started off with regular Winstons (Red pack) then went to regular Marlboros for maybe 5 years…�and I spent the last 10 years smoking ...
by CameronProf
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on Tue Oct 26, 2021 at 05:35 PM PDT
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Make the unvaccinated pay for their deadly decision is an excellent CNN article supporting the idea that now the unvaccinated have to pay for the burden they are placing on the rest of us, the medical system and and our economy. The author John Banzhaf...
by CTJOE
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on Thu Aug 26, 2021 at 04:04 PM PDT
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Like too many of my fellow USAers I used to smoke and am obese...so I suffer from sleep apnea, COPD and Emphysema. As a result day and night I have to wear 4 liters of oxygen every day all day and at night blended into my CPAP. Currently I am in...
by CameronProf
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on Mon Aug 24, 2020 at 11:27 PM PDT
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Let me get this straight and it is a good argument. The governor of Florida does not believe that government should interfere in personal choices even if it endangers lives. Come on Journalists...ask the governors this question. PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPlease....
by Vetwife
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on Mon Jul 06, 2020 at 12:10 PM PDT
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Morning Open Thread is a daily, copyrighted post, from a host of editors and guest writers. We support our community, invite and share ideas, and encourage thoughtful, respectful dialogue ...
by Otteray Scribe
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on Wed Jun 17, 2020 at 03:30 AM PDT
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When the CDC and the media were mass-producing lies and twisted statistics about the opioid hysteria epidemic for the public, and legislators were concocting dangerous anti-opioid legislation designed to make life more miserable for pain patients,...
by ILee
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on Wed Apr 22, 2020 at 09:04 PM PDT
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From The Guardian: French researchers to test nicotine patches on coronavirus patients Study – which stresses serious health risks of smoking – suggest substance in tobacco may lower risk of getting coronavirus This is fascinating. Yes, we may be...
by CitizenJoe
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on Wed Apr 22, 2020 at 11:25 AM PDT
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I used to smoke and I only quit because I was an NCI post-doctoral fellow in Texas and I worked across from one of the biggest and best cancer centers in the US….MD Anderson.
I smoked for about ...
by BFSkinner
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on Mon Apr 13, 2020 at 08:36 PM PDT
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I was very saddened to hear that conservative radio talk show host, Rush Limbaugh, has advanced lung cancer. Being a cancer survivor, my heart goes out to him and his family, and the fear they must be experiencing. It’s a devastating disease. Some say,...
by Leslie Salzillo
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on Mon Feb 03, 2020 at 07:05 PM PST
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According to the CDC, Cost of Smoking-Related Illness Smoking-related illness in the United States costs more than $300 billion each year, including:11,12 Nearly $170 billion for direct medical care for adults More than $156 billion in lost...
by Anne Elk
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on Sun Sep 15, 2019 at 10:34 AM PDT
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I am being admitted to the hospital yet again. Due to my years of smoking i ended up with copd. As a result a few times a year, especially when we have very hot and humid weather i suffer from a copd exacerbation. Ill do my best to log on and read and...
by BFSkinner
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on Sun Jul 21, 2019 at 04:27 PM PDT
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A couple of weeks ago, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell spent redacted Mueller report reveal day by announcing his reelection campaign, and showcased what was going to be his new big push: raising the legal age for the purchase of cigarettes to...
by Joan McCarter
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on Tue Apr 30, 2019 at 12:19 PM PDT
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Happy happy Saturday, dearest Community, and welcome! Before we get to this week’s stellar picks, let’s talk about new beginnings. The sun is finally shining here in Southern California, and it finally feels safe to think of spring—and not just because...
by Jessica Sutherland
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on Sat Mar 09, 2019 at 02:25 PM PST
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If you hang around discussions about vaccines, you will see the oft-repeated claim that doctors once claimed that "smoking is safe." The anti-vaccine religion (or terrorists) use this trope as a strawman argument in an attempt to discredit physicians,...
by SkepticalRaptor
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on Mon Mar 04, 2019 at 11:42 AM PST
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A New York man’s self-written tribute is making headlines not for its intrigue, its humor, or its vitriol, but for its commitment to helping others. Obituaries have been going viral for years, for various reasons, including plagiarism, which is...
by Jessica Sutherland
333 comments
on Sat Feb 23, 2019 at 04:03 PM PST
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Anyone who follows the cantankerous feathered dinosaur knows that we tend to focus on vaccines, where the anti-vaccine religion focuses on tropes, pseudoscience, misinformation, and outright lies. Cancer myths seem to steal from the anti-vaccine...
by SkepticalRaptor
111 comments
on Wed Jan 16, 2019 at 09:17 AM PST
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