Article exposes deceptive junk science published by peer reviewed medical journals

[Bill Godshall]

An interesting spoof article on junk science articles in medical journals.
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I posted a comment pointing out that tobacco prohibitionists have been increasingly writing, and peer reviewed medical journals have been increasingly publishing, these very kinds of junk science articles for the past decade about the health risks of different tobacco products.

 

[rolygate]

I think that junk science, White Hat Bias and astroturfing has been taken to new, elite levels by the tobacco control industry. There should be an Olympic event for it.

Unfortunately, the Olympics is (or is supposed to be) an amateur event. The tobacco control crowd are very well paid for their contributions.

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Thanks. The paper itself is laugh out loud funny

One important aspect of the benefits of smoking is they appear to be dose-dependent and may not develop until many years after initiation of treatment. With this in mind, smoking should be commenced at as young an age as is reasonably possible. Children who have not yet developed a pincer grasp might require modified cigarette holders, safety lighters or both.

Cigarette smoking: an underused tool in high-performance endurance training

 

[jtpjc]

So, I was instinctively right when I ran to the tobacco shop.

 

[Vocalek]

I once dated a 35-year old marathon runner who smoked.

 

[Thulium]

In fact, older people with longer smoking histories have higher hemoglobin levels, indicating a possible dose-dependent effect.10 The hemoglobin increases may be further enhanced with add-on therapy of ethanol, which also appears to act in a dose-dependent manner.

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One important aspect of the benefits of smoking is they appear to be dose-dependent and may not develop until many years after initiation of treatment. With this in mind, smoking should be commenced at as young an age as is reasonably possible. Children who have not yet developed a pincer grasp might require modified cigarette holders, safety lighters or both.

Bwahahahahahaha!!!!

 

[VapApe]

Like my granddaddy always said . If you cant blind them with brilliants baffle them with bull

 

[bruiser]

If anyone is interested in junk science, you should visit junkscience.com. Right now it's mostly about Climategate 2.0, which most probably haven't heard about, since the MSM seems to be ignoring it, but they've been on it for about a week.