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Old 09-05-2008, 10:45 AM   #77 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by TomPhil View Post
There is considerable scientific research to show that passive smoking is very dangerous indeed
No, there isn't.
All reports of the dangers of passive smoking are based on the original WHO research, which was doctored to meet the WHO's predefined target result. The undoctored report states that the dangers of passive smoking are "not statistically significant". IIRC, if you're subjected to passive smoking you have an 11 in 10,000 chance of death from the usually quoted illnesses... and if you've never been exposed to second-hand smoke in your life, you have a 10 in 10,000 chance of death from those same illnesses.

And no, don't quote Roy Castle at me either - the autopsy showed that the cause of death couldn't possibly have been caused by passive smoking.
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